Between Hope and Despair Pedagogy and the Remembrance of Historical Trauma |
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| Editor:
| Simon, Roger I.
Rosenberg, Sharon
Eppert, Claudia |
| Contribution by:
| Baum, Rachel
Britzman, Deborah P.
DiPaolantonio, Mario
Liss, Andrea
Ranck, Jody
Salverson, Julie
Walcott, Rinaldo |
| Series title: | Culture and Education Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8476-9462-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $162.00 |
Book Description:
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At the end of a century of unfathomable suffering, societies are facing anew the question of how events that shock, resist assimilation, and evoke contradictory and complex responses should be remembered. Between Hope and Despair specifically examines the pedagogical problem of how remembrance is to proceed when what is to be remembered is underscored by a logic difficult to comprehend and subversive of the humane character of existence. This pedagogical attention to practices of...
More DescriptionAt the end of a century of unfathomable suffering, societies are facing anew the question of how events that shock, resist assimilation, and evoke contradictory and complex responses should be remembered. Between Hope and Despair specifically examines the pedagogical problem of how remembrance is to proceed when what is to be remembered is underscored by a logic difficult to comprehend and subversive of the humane character of existence. This pedagogical attention to practices of remembrance reflects the growing cognizance that hope for a just and compassionate future lies in the sustained, if troubled, working through of these issues.