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Frank, David A. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2007
In this essay, I seek to read the rhetorical theories set forth by Belgians Chaim Perelman and Paul de Man as responses to the Holocaust. To accomplish this aspiration, I draw from Dominick LaCapra's framework for the analysis of trauma and its expression in historical and theoretical texts. Reading the rhetorical theories of Perelman and de Man,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Death, War
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Nelde, Peter Hans – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the theoretical aspects of ethnic contact and conflict in multilingual situations, the experiences of different categories of linguistic minorities in Europe, and the manner in which Belgium has handled language contact and conflict. Argues that the territorial solution adopted in Belgium can serve as a role model for language policy…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Educational Policy, Federalism
Bron, Agnieszka, Ed.; Schemmann, Michael, Ed. – 2001
This second volume of the Bochum Studies in International Adult Education presents a variety of different perspectives on the topics of citizenship and civil society. Its goal is to give an overview of the European discourse on citizenship and civil society and on the discourse in some selected countries. Part I is comprised of the first of 14…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship
Wildemeersch, Danny, Ed.; Finger, Matthias, Ed.; Jansen, Theo, Ed. – 2000
In this book, 16 authors from Europe, Africa, and the United States reflect on the transformations that are currently taking place in the field of adult and continuing education. The 12 chapters are "Reconciling the Irreconcilable? Adult and Continuing Education Between Personal Development, Corporate Concerns, and Public Responsibility"…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education