[Rezension von: Vosloo, Robert Roux, 1966-, Reforming Memory]
In Reforming memory, Robert Vosloo reaffirms the importance of memory in a time of forgetting, of wilful forgetfulness and ways of remembering furthering various forms of injustice.For him, it is important to reflect on the question of how we remember - particularly also in South Africa, today. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Acta theologica
Year: 2018, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 163-166 |
| Review of: | Reforming Memory (Stellenbosch : African Sun Media, 2017) (Westhuizen, Henco van der)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church |
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| Summary: | In Reforming memory, Robert Vosloo reaffirms the importance of memory in a time of forgetting, of wilful forgetfulness and ways of remembering furthering various forms of injustice.For him, it is important to reflect on the question of how we remember - particularly also in South Africa, today. The title, therefore, has an ambiguous meaning. It refers, on the one hand, to the reforming ability of memory and, on the other, to memory that is itself in need of reformation. In fact, we often wound others through the ways in which we
construct the past (p. ix). |
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| ISSN: | 2309-9089 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Acta theologica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18820/23099089/actat.v38i1.12 HDL: 10520/EJC-f7a574966 |