Dynamics of Memory and Identity in Contemporary Europe
Synopsis
The collapse of the Iron Curtain, the renationalization of eastern Europe, and the simultaneous eastward expansion of the European Union have all impacted the way the past is remembered in today’s eastern Europe. At the same time, in recent years, the Europeanization of Holocaust memory and a growing sense of the need to stage a more “self-critical” memory has significantly changed the way in which western Europe commemorates and memorializes the past. The increasing dissatisfaction among scholars with the blanket, undifferentiated use of the term “collective memory” is evolving in new directions. This volume brings the tension into focus while addressing the state of memory theory itself.Book details
- Author:
- Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger
- ISBN:
- 9780857455819
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781782389170, 9780857455772
- Publisher:
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Pages:
- 248
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2021-05-22
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Copyright by:
- Eric Langenbacher, Bill Niven, and Ruth Wittlinger
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction