New book: Justice Matters: Legacies of the Holocaust and WWII

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Subject: New book: Justice Matters: Legacies of the Holocaust and WWII

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New book: Justice Matters: Legacies of the Holocaust and WWII


Dear Colleague,

I thought you might be interested in this notification of a
forthcoming release by Oxford University Press. If appropriate, I
would appreciate if you would circulate the announcement among your
colleagues.

Kinds regards,

Mona Sue Weissmark, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Mansfield Institute for Social Justice
Roosevelt University
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Tel: 312 341-3799
 

Justice Matters: Legacies of the Holocaust and WWII

Springing from an unprecedented meeting between the sons and daughters
of the Holocaust and the children of the Third Reich, Justice Matters:
Legacies of the Holocaust and World War II takes readers on an
unparalleled journey of hatred and ethnic resentments.

Although more than half a century has passed, recollections of the
Holocaust and WWII still sear the lives of survivors, their children
and grandchildren. 

Weissmark's book shows how the cycle of ethnic and religious strife is
kept alive generation after generation through story-telling, with
each side recounting the injustice it suffered and the valor it showed
in avenging its own group. Describing how these stories or "legacies"
transmit moral values, beliefs and emotions and thus preserve the
past, Weissmark writes: "Unjust acts that have not been reconciled are
stored in legacies as if packed in ice."

The lessons of Justice Matters speak to a world reeling from unhealed
wounds, providing insights into myriad conflicts ranging from
centuries old disputes in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, to
racial strife in America's ghettos.

Weissmark presents an inspiring recipe for reconciliation, asserting
that it is not enough for the antagonist to agree to talk. Each side
also must agree to moderate their own emotions and dispense with the
notion that they are the most aggrieved.

Justice Matters is about hearing the other side, seeing the other
view. The story of how children of the Holocaust and children of the
Nazi's struggled to come to terms with their past has universal
applications for any people, and culture, riven with a legacy of
resentment.

Mona Sue Weissmark headed the Harvard Holocaust Conference Research
Project. She is an associate professor of psychology and the founder
and director of the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice at
Roosevelt University. Her work has been featured on National Public
Radio, on major television networks such as Dateline and Sunday
Morning News and in publications such as The New York Times, the
Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, Psychology Today, Ms. Magazine,
and Harvard Magazine as well as in academic publications. Weissmark is
the co-author of Doing Psychotherapy Effectively and many articles. 

If you are interested in updates about this book please click on the
link below or respond via email.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JusticeMattersUpdates

For more information: http://www.weissmark.com

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