ISBN: 9780195157574

In the fall of 1992, in a small room in Boston, MA, an extraordinary meeting took place. For the first time, the sons and daughters of Holocaust victims met face-to-face with the children… More...

In the fall of 1992, in a small room in Boston, MA, an extraordinary meeting took place. For the first time, the sons and daughters of Holocaust victims met face-to-face with the children of Nazis for a fascinating research project to discuss the intersections of their pasts and the painfullegacies that history has imposed on them. Taking that remarkable gathering as its starting point, Justice Matters illustrates how the psychology of hatred and ethnic resentments is passed from generation to generation. Psychologist Mona Weissmark, herself the child of Holocaust survivors, arguesthat justice is profoundly shaped by emotional responses. In her in-depth study of the legacy encountered by these children, Weissmark found, not surprisingly, that in the face of unjust treatment, the natural response is resentment and deep anger-and, in most cases, an overwhelming need forrevenge. Weissmark argues that, while legal systems offer a structured means for redressing injustice, they have rarely addressed the emotional pain, which, left unresolved, is then passed along to the next generation-leading to entrenched ethnic tension and group conflict. In the grim litany of twentieth-century genocides, few events cut a broader and more lasting swath through humanity than the Holocaust. How then would the offspring of Nazis and survivors react to the idea of reestablishing a relationship? Could they talk to each other without open hostility? Couldthey even attempt to imagine the experiences and outlook of the other? Would they be willing to abandon their self-definition as aggrieved victims as a means of moving forward?Central to the perspectives of each group, Weissmark found, were stories, searing anecdotes passed from parent to grandchild, from aunt to nephew, which personalized with singular intensity the experience. She describes how these stories or ""legacies"" transmit moral values, beliefs and emotions andthus freeze the past into place. For instance, cdxfmerged that most children of Nazis reported their parents told them stories about the war whereas children of survivors reported their parents told them stories about the Holocaust. The daughter of a survivor said: ""I didn''t even know there was awar until I was a teenager. I didn''t even know fifty million people were killed during the war I thought just six million Jews were killed."" While the daughter of a Nazi officer recalled: ""I didn''t know about the concentration-camps until I was in my teens. First I heard about the [Nazi] party. ThenI heard stories about the war, about bombs falling or about not having food.""At a time when the political arena is saturated with talk of justice tribunals, reparations, and revenge management, Justice Matters provides valuable insights into the aftermath of ethnic and religious conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Balkans, from Northern Ireland to the MiddleEast. The stories recounted here, and the lessons they offer, have universal applications for any divided society determined not to let the ghosts of the past determine the future. | Justice Matters by Mona Sue Weissmark Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Social Psychology P10174, Mona Sue Weissmark<

2004, ISBN: 9780195157574

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Oxford University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 1, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-01-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780195157574, 0.38 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3068863, Medical P… More...

Oxford University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 1, 208 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-01-29T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780195157574, 0.38 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3068863, Medical Psychology, Medical Education, Books, Higher Education, Education, bdb4ab35-5f7e-422a-b6d6-a39c540e89e2_3301, bdb4ab35-5f7e-422a-b6d6-a39c540e89e2_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, Stores, All Deals, Blowout Books, Specialty Stores, Nonfiction, Textbook Rental ASINs, Social Psychology & Interactions, Psychology & Counseling, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Subjects, Holocaust, Jewish, World, History, General, Religious, Religious Studies, Religion & Spirituality, Clinical Psychology, Medical Books, Humanities, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Specialty Boutique, Religious History, Social Sciences, Oxford University Press, 2004<

ISBN: 9780195157574

Hardback. New. Provides insights into ethnic conflicts around the world, such as those in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. This book features stories of how the children of the Holo… More...

Hardback. New. Provides insights into ethnic conflicts around the world, such as those in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. This book features stories of how the children of the Holocaust survivors and the children of Nazis struggle to come to terms with the past has universal applications for any society rife with resentment., 6<