Der lange Schatten der Vergangenheit: Erinnerungskultur und by Aleida Assmann

History As Propaganda: Tibetan Exiles versus the People's Republic of China

Regardless of chinese language efforts to forestall international nations from granting him visas, the Dalai Lama has develop into some of the most recognizable and top enjoyed humans in the world, drawing huge, immense crowds at any place he is going. in contrast, China's charismatically-challenged leaders allure crowds of protestors waving Tibetan flags and shouting "Free Tibet!

Historical Justice and Memory (Critical Human Rights)

Historic Justice and reminiscence highlights the worldwide circulate for ancient justice—acknowledging and redressing ancient wrongs—as some of the most major ethical and social advancements of our occasions. Such ancient wrongs comprise acts of genocide, slavery, structures of apartheid, the systematic persecution of presumed enemies of the nation, colonialism, and the oppression of or discrimination opposed to ethnic or non secular minorities.

Interpretations of History: From Confucius to Toynbee: Volume 29 (Routledge Library Editions: Historiography)

During this quantity, initially released in 1961, the writer offers an exposition of the meanings given to historical past. half 1 describes the conceptions of heritage impied in regular religions and cultures, Confucian and Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist, Zoroastrian and Muslim, Greek and Roman, Jewish and Christian.

The Partition of Bengal: Fragile Borders and New Identities

This examine appears to be like on the wealthy literature that has been spawned throughout the historic mind's eye of Bengali-speaking writers in West Bengal and Bangladesh via problems with homelessness, migration and exile to determine how the Partition of Bengal in 1947 has thrown a protracted shadow over stories and cultural practices.