Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 248 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781845458379
Series Statement:
Making sense of history Volume 12
Content:
A vast amount of literature-both scholarly and popular-now exists on the subject of historical memory, but there is remarkably little available that is written from an African perspective. This volume explores the inner dynamics of memory in all its variations, from its most destructive and divisive impact to its remarkable potential to heal and reconcile. It addresses issues on both the conceptual and the pragmatic level and its theoretical observations and reflections are informed by first-hand experiences and comparative reflections from a German, Indian, and Korean perspective. A new in
Note:
Historical Memory in Africa; Contents; Introduction; Part I. From an African Perspective; Chapter 1. Social Theory and Making Sense of Africa; Chapter 2. History by Word of Mouth: Linking Past and Present through Oral Memory; Chapter 3. Historical Memory and Representation of New Nations in Africa; Chapter 5. Remembering the Past, Reaching for the Future: Aspects of African Historical Memory in an International Context; Chapter 6. Remembering Conflict: The Centenary Commemoration of the South African War of 1899-1902 as a Case Study
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Chapter 7. From Public History to Private Enterprise: The Politics of Memory in the New South AfricaChapter 8. Remembering with the Future in Mind; Part II. From an Intercultural Perspective; Chapter 9. Holocaust Experience and Historical Sense Generation from a German Perspective; Chapter 10. Ayodhya, Memory, Myth: Futurizing the Past from an Indian Perspective; Chapter 11. Human Suffering and Forgiveness: A Dialogue with Kim Dae-jung from an East Asian Perspective; Part III. Texts from the Praxis of Memory, Trauma, Forgiveness and Healing
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Chapter 12. Remorse, Forgiveness and Rehumanization: Stories from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation CommissionChapter 13. Healing from Auschwitz and Mengele's Experiments; Notes on Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782380849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782380832
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845456528
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Historical memory in Africa New York, NY [u.a.] : Berghahn Books, 2013 ISBN 9781782380832
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Afrika
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Diawara, Mamadou 1954-
Author information:
Rüsen, Jörn 1938-
