Between Hope and Despair by Roger I. Simon, Sharon Rosenberg,... - 9780847694631

Between Hope and DespairPedagogy and the Remembrance of Historical Trauma\nAuthor(s): Roger I. Simon, Sharon Rosenberg, Claudia Eppert, Rachel Baum, Deborah P. Britzman, Mario DiPaolantonio, Andrea Liss, Jody Ranck, Julie Salverson, Rinaldo Walcott\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9780847694631, 978-0847694631\nSynopsis\nAt 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 sust.