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Paul Ricoeur's Pedagogy of Pardon - A Narrative Theory of Memory and Forgetting (Hardcover, New)
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Paul Ricoeur's Pedagogy of Pardon - A Narrative Theory of Memory and Forgetting (Hardcover, New)
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Paul Ricoeur's "Pedagogy of Pardon" describes how memory is
structured, in culture, civic identity and religion - and addresses
central conceptual and methodological issues in his theory of
forgiveness (or reconciliation). Where conflict arises from the
clash of cultures, memory also becomes a tool to help resolve and
heal past wounds. Ricoeur provides a hermeneutical key to examine
conflicting narratives so that some shared truths can be arrived at
in order to begin afresh. As the many Truth Commissions around the
world illustrate; revisiting the past has a positive benefit in
steering history in a new direction after protracted violence.A
second deeper strand in the book is the connection between Paul
Ricoeur and John Paul II. Both lived through the worst period of
modern European history (Ricoeur a Prisoner of War for four years
in WWII and John Paul, who suffered under the communist regime).
Both have written on themes of memory and identity and share a
mutual concern for the future of Europe and the preservation of the
'Christian' identity of the Continent as well as the promotion of
peace and a civilization of love. The book brings together their
shared vision, culminating in the award to Ricoeur by John Paul II
of the Paul VI medal for theology (July 2003) - only conferred
every five years - for the philosopher's fruitful research in the
area of theology and philosophy, faith and reason and ecumenical
dialogue.
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