The Past as Liberation from History"The Past as Liberation from History" explores the difference between the social construction we call history and the lived experience we call the past, arguing that by failing to distinguish between the two, we risk unquestionably accepting as authoritative accounts of the past in which we have no voice. It shows that identities rooted in the richness and variety of the past, even when the history is painful, serve the purpose of drawing us closer to one another as we seek to realize our shared dreams of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. By placing in counterpoint broader educational concerns with the teaching experiences of the author, the study also explores this individual's testimony as a teacher seeking to make relevant for his students the examination of the past. |
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Page 47
... feel almost at one with the past , so intimately do we feel its closeness . As with the sacred , however , we can never fully know the past , and so our sense of accomplishment is tinged with wistfulness . We feel that we know the ...
... feel almost at one with the past , so intimately do we feel its closeness . As with the sacred , however , we can never fully know the past , and so our sense of accomplishment is tinged with wistfulness . We feel that we know the ...
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... feels empowered to do . Simply deciding by oneself to be more inclusive of other's sto- ries , however admirable , will not ... feel about trying to change the world . Lerner locates the source of much of this powerlessness in the Jewish ...
... feels empowered to do . Simply deciding by oneself to be more inclusive of other's sto- ries , however admirable , will not ... feel about trying to change the world . Lerner locates the source of much of this powerlessness in the Jewish ...
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... feeling of impotence at effecting change we will have inadvertently given triumph to the seats of power we would challenge . The search for a usable past begins and ends with a medita- tion on family history . Sometime in the 1850s ...
... feeling of impotence at effecting change we will have inadvertently given triumph to the seats of power we would challenge . The search for a usable past begins and ends with a medita- tion on family history . Sometime in the 1850s ...
Contents
The Past I Have Known | 87 |
Fridays Belong to Ned Cobb | 103 |
Interpreting the Past with Light and Shadow | 123 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools Linda S. Levstik,Keith C. Barton No preview available - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Past as Liberation from History Volume 63 of Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), ISSN 1058-1634 Volume 63 of Counterpoints of Education Series |
| Author | Scott P. Culclasure |
| Publisher | P. Lang, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0820438405, 9780820438405 |
| Length | 170 pages |
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