A Landscape of Gratitude

Abstract

In this chapter I use a school workshop on gratitude as a backdrop that sets the scene for the various dilemmas and complexities that will be investigated in the book. As the responses from these primary school teachers show, for many people their notion of gratitude is inseparable from other notions, or can even be comfortably replaced by them. Through the enthusiasm of some and the reservations of others, I hope to pave the way to a deeper appreciation of the depths of gratitude that reflect its cultural and historical richness, and also its ambiguity.