Teaching about/for Ambivalent Forgiveness in Troubled Societies

Autor/in	Zembylas, Michalinos
Titel	Teaching about/for Ambivalent Forgiveness in Troubled Societies
Quelle	In: Ethics and Education, 7 (2012) 1, S.19-32 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-9642
DOI	10.1080/17449642.2012.666102
Schlagwörter	Altruism; Prosocial Behavior; Foreign Countries; Victims; Ethnography; Teaching Methods; Conflict; Culturally Relevant Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Vignettes; Empathy; Children; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Intergroup Relations; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Ausland; Victim; Opfer; Ethnografie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Konflikt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Empathie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Soziales Umfeld; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Zypern
Abstract	In this article, the author argues that it would be valuable to look into less paradigmatic manifestations of forgiveness in schools, that is, pedagogical approaches that acknowledge the complexity of forgiveness in socio-political contexts--namely, how forgiveness might be "ambivalent," intermingled with both positive and negative emotions, and concerned with the standpoints of both the victim who offers forgiveness and the perpetrator who seeks forgiveness. The meaning and value of ambivalent forgiveness is presented through an extended reflection on a vignette from the author's ethnographic research on forgiveness in a troubled society--his home country, Cyprus. The vignette will highlight the complexity of forgiveness and provide a specific instance where traditional models of interpersonal forgiveness may fail or, at the very least, need to be expanded to account for the socio-political or inter-group dynamics. This article ends with a discussion of the pedagogical implications of the notion of ambivalent forgiveness for troubled societies. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10