Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Mamadou Diawara, Bernard Lategan and Jörn Rüsen
From an African Perspective
Chapter 2. Social Theory and Making Sense of Africa
Elisio Macamo
Chapter 3. History by Word of Mouth: Linking Past and Present through Oral Memory
Annekie Joubert
Chapter 4. The Historical Memory and Representation of New Nations in Africa
Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Chapter 5. Memory, History and Historiography of Congo-Zaïre
Justin Bisanswa
Chapter 6. Remembering the Past, Reaching for the Future Aspects of African Historical Memory in an International Context
Mamadou Diawara
Chapter 7. Remembering Conflict: The Centenary Commemoration of the South African War of 1899-1902 as a Case Study
Albert Grundlingh
Chapter 8. From Public History to Private Enterprise: The Politics of Memory in the New South Africa
Patrick Harries
Chapter 9. Remembering with the Future in Mind
Bernard Lategan
From an Intercultural Perspective
Chapter 10. Holocaust Experience and Historical Sense Generation – a German Perspective
Jörn Rüsen
Chapter 11. Ayodya, Memory, Myth: Futurising the Past – an Indian perspective
Ranjan Gosh
Chapter 12. Human Suffering and Forgiveness: A dialogue with Kim Dae Jung – an East-Asian perspective
Han Sing-Jin
Texts from the Praxis of Memory, Trauma, Forgiveness and Healing
Chapter 13. Remorse, Forgiveness and Rehumanization: Stories from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Chapter 14. Healing from Auschwitz and Mengele's Experiments
Eva Mozes Kor
Notes on Contributors
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Mamadou Diawara, Bernard Lategan and Jörn Rüsen
From an African Perspective
Chapter 2. Social Theory and Making Sense of Africa
Elisio Macamo
Chapter 3. History by Word of Mouth: Linking Past and Present through Oral Memory
Annekie Joubert
Chapter 4. The Historical Memory and Representation of New Nations in Africa
Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Chapter 5. Memory, History and Historiography of Congo-Zaïre
Justin Bisanswa
Chapter 6. Remembering the Past, Reaching for the Future Aspects of African Historical Memory in an International Context
Mamadou Diawara
Chapter 7. Remembering Conflict: The Centenary Commemoration of the South African War of 1899-1902 as a Case Study
Albert Grundlingh
Chapter 8. From Public History to Private Enterprise: The Politics of Memory in the New South Africa
Patrick Harries
Chapter 9. Remembering with the Future in Mind
Bernard Lategan
From an Intercultural Perspective
Chapter 10. Holocaust Experience and Historical Sense Generation – a German Perspective
Jörn Rüsen
Chapter 11. Ayodya, Memory, Myth: Futurising the Past – an Indian perspective
Ranjan Gosh
Chapter 12. Human Suffering and Forgiveness: A dialogue with Kim Dae Jung – an East-Asian perspective
Han Sing-Jin
Texts from the Praxis of Memory, Trauma, Forgiveness and Healing
Chapter 13. Remorse, Forgiveness and Rehumanization: Stories from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Chapter 14. Healing from Auschwitz and Mengele's Experiments
Eva Mozes Kor
Notes on Contributors