Paul Ricoeur's pedagogy of pardon a narrative theory of memory and forgetting

Where conflict arises from the clash of cultures, memory also becomes a tool to help resolve and heal past wounds. Ricoeur provides a hermeneutical key to examine conflicting narratives so that some shared truths can be arrived at in order to begin afresh. As the many Truth Commissions around th...

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Main Author: Duffy, Maria (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Continuum c2009.
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:Where conflict arises from the clash of cultures, memory also becomes a tool to help resolve and heal past wounds. Ricoeur provides a hermeneutical key to examine conflicting narratives so that some shared truths can be arrived at in order to begin afresh. As the many Truth Commissions around the world illustrate; revisiting the past has a positive benefit in steering history in a new direction after protracted violence. A second deeper strand in the book is the connection between Paul Ricoeur and John Paul II. Both lived through the worst period of modern European history (Ricoeur a Pri
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-173) and indexes.
ISBN:9781282876866
9786612876868
9781441193360