Can Truth Be Negotiated? History Textbook Revision as a Means to Reconciliation

Falk Pingel
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Falk Pingel: Georg Eckert Institut für internationale Schulbuchforschung, Germany

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2008, vol. 617, issue 1, 181-198

Abstract: International school textbook revision and research became a professional academic activity after the First World War. It broadened its scope and methodological approaches considerably after the collapse of the bipolar world. Today, a number of different agencies, such as international governmental institutions, NGOs, and academic as well as pedagogical institutions, are involved in projects on the revision of history teaching in postconflict societies. This article examines the pros and cons of different project designs, focusing on the sometimes contradictory aims projects are expected to achieve and on the interplay between the various agencies. Examples highlighting the reconstruction and reconciliation process are taken from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel-Palestine, and Rwanda and South Africa.

Keywords: international school textbook revision; reconciliation; history teaching; remembrance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716207313087

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