LEADER 03518cam a2200421Ia 4500001 124895 005 20240621202330.0 008 061208s2004 xx rb 000 0 eng d 028 52 3166615 |bUMI 035 (OCoLC)ocn265034593 035 124895 049 LHMA 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 090 DD290.26 |b.D74 2004 100 1 Dresp, Tanja S. |q(Tanja Sabrina), |d1970- 245 10 Still living with the Holocaust in a democracy : |bhistory, memory, and identity in contemporary Germany / |cby Tanja S. Dresp. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c2004. 300 xii, 218 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University, 2004. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-211). 520 This study investigates the influence of history-more specifically the history of the Holocaust-and the politics of memory on the democracy and national identity of Germany when memory is initially denied, silenced and repressed. The politics of memory are defined as a public act, utterance or site where the memory of the past is evoked, discussed, contested, symbolized, publicized, crystallized, formulated, or contained. Such an act, utterance or site can be among other things, a speech, a scholarly publication, or a memorial. By evaluating the history of the politics of memory since 1945 in general and focusing on three contemporary case studies about the politics of memory in Germany during the 1990s in particular, the nature, functions, effects and political divisions of the politics of Holocaust memory are examined in relation to historical developments, questions of national self-definition, identity and democracy. The case studies are called "The Goldhagen Controversy Revisited," "The Walser-Bubis Debate," and "The National Holocaust Memorial in Berlin." The key argument of this thesis is that in the German case silenced negative memory and a national identity construct that is solely based on negative nationalism had negative consequences for its democracy. It is concluded that after unification there have been increased efforts to be more pragmatic in dealing with the German past. Nonetheless, what is still unshakeable for any German democratic politician is the conviction that the memory of the Holocaust and the political responsibility that this legacy of the past entails remain constitutive elements of the official definition of the German nation, even though the average German does not necessarily want to carry this legacy to the same degree. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2007. |e22 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Germany |xPolitics and government |y1990- 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xInfluence. 650 0 Political culture |zGermany. 650 0 Collective memory |xPolitical aspects |zGermany. 650 0 Nationalism |zGermany. 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=888821581&sid=18&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib124895/3166615.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hDD290.26 |i.D74 2004 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook