TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sirkka Ahonen
PY  - 2012
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653023596
TI  - Coming to Terms with a Dark Past
T2  - How Post-Conflict Societies Deal with History
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-02359-6
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047331
N2  - Finland, South Africa and Bosnia-Herzegovina are each burdened by memories of a civil war, between either social classes, racial groups or ethnic communities. History wars have followed the conflicts and been fought on the arenas of popular rhetoric, public memory, that is, monuments, museums and commemoration rituals, and history education. This book studies how the parties to these conflicts have attributed guilt to «the others» and victimhood to «us» in each country, and compares their respective memory politics and education strategies. The author draws on the potential on «history from below» activities and multiperspectival history lessons.
KW  - Memory studies, History education, Politics of memory, historical justice, victimisation, Conflict studies
LA  - English
ER  -