Historicizing the Uses of the Past
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bielefeld, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9783837613254; 9783839413258
Subjects: Cultural studies
Description: This book presents new developments in Scandinavian memory cultures related to World War II and the Holocaust by combining this focus with the perspective of history didactics. The theoretical framework of historical consciousness offers an approach linking individual and collective uses and re-uses of the past to the question how history can and should be taught. It also offers some examples of good practice in this field. The book promotes a teaching practice which, in taking the social constructivist notions of historical consciousness as a starting point, can contribute to self-reflecting and critical thinking ? being fundamental for any democratic political culture.
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