History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation - 9781138819740

Taylor & Francis

History Education and Post-Conflict ReconciliationReconsidering Joint Textbook Projects\nAuthor(s): Karina Korostelina, Simone Lssig\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138819740, 978-1138819740\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses the role of history education in conflict and post-conflict societies, describing common history textbook projects in Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Far East and the Middle East. \n\nEver since the emergence of the modern school system and the implementation of compulsory education, textbooks have been seen as privileged media. The knowledge they convey is relatively persistent and moreover highly selective: every textbook author must choose and omit, condense, structure, reduce, and generalize information. Within this context, history textbooks are often at the centre of interest. There are unquestionably significant differences regarding homogeneity or plurality of interpretations whe.