History Education and Reconciliation
Comparative Perspectives on East Asia
©2012
Conference proceedings
195 Pages
Summary
The legacy of crimes committed during the Second World War in East Asia is still a stumbling block for reconciliation and trustful cultural relations between South Korea, China and Japan. The presentation of this issue in history school books is in the focus of a heated public and academic debate. This book written by historians and pedagogues from the three countries offers insight into the construction of historical narratives that are often nation-centered and foster exclusive identity patterns. However, the essays also reveal approaches to a more inclusive regional concept of East Asian history that puts the textbook debate into the wider framework of transitional justice.
Details
- Pages
- 195
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653018073
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631632840
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-01807-3
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (September)
- Keywords
- Internationale Verständigung Wiedergutmachung Schulbuchforschung China Japan Korea
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 195 pp., 10 tables
