Between Hope and Despair
Pedagogy and the Remembrance of Historical Trauma
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Curricula
| Author: | Rachel Baum, Deborah P. Britzman, Mario DiPaolantonio, Andrea Liss, Jody Ranck, Julie Salverson, Rinaldo Walcott | ISBN: | 9781461636588 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | March 15, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rachel Baum, Deborah P. Britzman, Mario DiPaolantonio, Andrea Liss, Jody Ranck, Julie Salverson, Rinaldo Walcott |
| ISBN: | 9781461636588 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | March 15, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
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 remembrance reflects the growing cognizance that hope for a just and compassionate future lies in the sustained, if troubled, working through of these issues.
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 remembrance reflects the growing cognizance that hope for a just and compassionate future lies in the sustained, if troubled, working through of these issues.
