Since the end of the Second World War, the political rationale to remember the past has shifted from previous focus on states' victories, as these began commemorating their own historical crimes. This Element follows the rise of 'auto-critical memory', or the politics of remembrance o...

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Main Author:	Lotem, Itay 1982- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:	Cambridge elements
Subjects:	Collective memory / Europe Memorialization / Europe / Case studies Europe / History / 20th century
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Summary:	Since the end of the Second World War, the political rationale to remember the past has shifted from previous focus on states' victories, as these began commemorating their own historical crimes. This Element follows the rise of 'auto-critical memory', or the politics of remembrance of a country's own dark past. The Element explores the idea's gestation in West Germany after the Second World War, its globalisation through initiatives of 'transitional justice' in the 1990s, and present-day debates about how to remember the colonial past. It follows different case studies that span the European continent - including Germany, France, Britain, Poland and Serbia - and places these in a global context that traces the circulation of ideas of auto-critical memory. Ultimately, as it follows the emergence of demands for social and racial justice, the Element questions the usefulness of memory to achieve the goals many political actors ascribe to it
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Dec 2024)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (80 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009122948
DOI:	10.1017/9781009122948