History Education in the Formation of Social Identity: Toward a Culture of Peace

ISBN-13: 9781349479399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 235 str.

Karina V. Korostelina; K. V. Korostelina

Opis

In order to determine how history education can be harnessed to reduce conflict attitudes and intentions and create a culture of peace, this book examines how history curricula and textbooks shape the identities of their students through their portrayals of ingroup and outgroup identity, intergroup boundaries, and value systems.

Recenzje

Praise to come.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Identity-based Approach to the Formation of Peace Culture in History Education 2. Forms of Social Identity 3. Meaning of National Identity 4. Borders: From Divisive to Inclusive Borderlines 5. Collective Axiology: From Moral Denigration to Universal Morality 6. Nation Building and National Identity Formation Conclusion

O autorze

Karina V. Korostelina is Director of the Program on History, Memory and Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA.