The Reflection of a Warlike Historical Culture in the Attitudes of Finnish Youths.

Autor/in	Rantala, Jukka
Titel	The Reflection of a Warlike Historical Culture in the Attitudes of Finnish Youths.
Quelle	In: Journal of social science education, 10 (2011) 4, S. 41-49Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1439-6246; 1618-5293; 1628-5293
DOI	10.4119/UNIBI/jsse-v10-i4-1215
Schlagwörter	Kollektives Gedächtnis; Gewalt; Sozialisation; Geschichtskultur; Politische Bildung; Massenunterhaltung; Jugendlicher; Finnland
Abstract	Two school shootings took place in Finland in 2007-2008, in which 20 people lost their lives. After the shootings, foreign journalists used the violent culture of Finnish men as an explanation for the tragedies. Of the old EU countries, the highest rate of capital crimes is found in Finland. The country has for a long time debated where the violence comes from. One explanation is that the historical culture in Finland glorifies war. The wars that were fought against the Soviet Union (1939-1944) have been elevated in Finland to become key elements of the national psyche, manifested in celebrations, anniversaries and through family narratives. According to this explanation, a Finn already learns as a child to accept violence which is considered to be legitimate and to behave in accordance with warlike ideals. This article examines the warlike historical culture in Finland and clarifies why war has remained a popular theme of Finnish historical culture. Further, it discusses the impact that a warlike historical culture has on the attitudes of young people (Original übernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2012/4