Historical Memory in Africa : Dealing with the Past, Reaching for the Future in an Intercultural Context.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diawara, Mamadou
Otros Autores: Lategan, Bernard, Rüsen, Jörn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Colección:Making sense of history.
Temas:
Historiography > Social aspects > Africa.
Collective memory > Africa.
Memory > Social aspects > Africa.
Mémoire collective > Afrique.
Historiographie > Aspect social > Afrique.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Collective memory
Historiography
Historiography > Social aspects
Memory > Social aspects
Geschiedschrijving.
Sociale aspecten.
Collectief geheugen.
Africa > Historiography.
Afrique > Historiographie.
Africa
Afrika.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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; Chapter 3: Historical Memory and Representation of New Nations in Africa; Chapter 4: Memory, History and Historiography of Congo-Zaïre; Chapter 5: Remembering the Past, Reaching for the Future; Chapter 6: Remembering Conflict; Chapter 7: From Public History to Private Enterprise; Chapter 8: Remembering with the Future in Mind; PART II: FROM AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
  • Chapter 9: Holocaust Experience and Historical Sense Generation from a German PerspectiveChapter 10: Ayodhya, Memory, Myth; Chapter 11: Human Suffering and Forgiveness; PART III: TEXTS FROM THE PRAXIS OF MEMORY, TRAUMA, FORGIVENESS AND HEALING; Chapter 12: Remorse, Forgiveness and Rehumanization; Chapter 13: Healing from Auschwitz and Mengele's Experiments; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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