- Series
- Studies in contemporary European history ; v. 6
Studies in contemporary European history ; 6.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010
- Locale
- Europe
- Contents
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Introduction: A European Memory? / Małgorzata Pakier and Bo Stråth
Part I. Europe, Memory, Politics, and History. Uneasy Relationships
On 'European Memory': Some Conceptual and Normative Remarks / Jan Werner Müller
The Uses of History and the Third Wave of Europeanization / Klas-Göran Karlsson
Halecki Revisited: Europe's Conflicting Cultures of Remembrance / Stefan Troebst
Iconic Remembering and Religious Icons: Fundamentalist Strategies in European Memory Politics? / Wolfgang Kaschuba
Culture, Politics, Palimpsest. Theses on Memory and Society / Heidemarie Uhl
Damnatio Memoriae and the Power of Remembrance. Reflections on Memory and History / Frederick Whitling
Seeing Dark and Writing Light: Photography Approaching Dark and Obscure Histories / James Kaye
Part II. Remembering Europe's Dark Pasts
Section 1. Remembering the Second World War
Remembering the Second World War in Western Europe 1945-2005 / Stefan Berger
Practices and Politics of Second World War Remembrance. (Trans-)National Perspectives from Eastern and South-eastern Europe / Heike Karge
A Victory Celebrated. Danish and Norwegian Celebrations of the Liberation / Clemens Maier
Section 2. Towards a Europeanization of the Commemoration of the Holocaust
Remembering Europe's Heart of Darkness - Legacies of the Holocaust in Post-war European Societies / Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke
Holocaust Remembrance and Restitution of Jewish Property in the Czech Republic and Poland after 1989 / Stanisław Tyszka
A Europeanization of the Holocaust Memory? German and Polish Reception of Europa, Europa (1990) by Agnieszka Holland / Małgorzata Pakier
Italian Commemoration of the Shoah. The Construction of a Survivor-oriented Narrative and its Impact on Italian Politics and Practices of Remembrance / Ruth Nattermann
Section 3. Coming to Terms with Europe's Communist Past
Managing the History of the Past in the Former Communist States / Arfon Rees
Eurocommunism. Commemorating Communism in Contemporary Eastern Europe / Péter Apor
The Memory of the Dead Body / Senadin Musabegović
Neither Help nor Pardon? Communist Pasts in Western Europe / Kevin Morgan
Section 4. Coming to Terms with Europe's Colonial Past
Politics of Remembrance, Colonialism, and the Algerian War in France / Jan Jansen
Memory Politics and the Use of History: Finnish-speaking Minorities at the North Calotte / Lars Elenius
Conclusion. Nightmares or Daydreams? A Postscript on the Europeanization of Memories / Konrad H. Jarausch.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Pakier, Małgorzata, 1979-
Stråth, Bo, 1943-
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A European Memory? / Małgorzata Pakier and Bo Stråth -- Part I. Europe, Memory, Politics, and History. Uneasy Relationships -- On 'European Memory': Some Conceptual and Normative Remarks / Jan Werner Müller -- The Uses of History and the Third Wave of Europeanization / Klas-Göran Karlsson -- Halecki Revisited: Europe's Conflicting Cultures of Remembrance / Stefan Troebst -- Iconic Remembering and Religious Icons: Fundamentalist Strategies in European Memory Politics? / Wolfgang Kaschuba -- Culture, Politics, Palimpsest. Theses on Memory and Society / Heidemarie Uhl -- Damnatio Memoriae and the Power of Remembrance. Reflections on Memory and History / Frederick Whitling -- Seeing Dark and Writing Light: Photography Approaching Dark and Obscure Histories / James Kaye -- Part II. Remembering Europe's Dark Pasts -- Section 1. Remembering the Second World War -- Remembering the Second World War in Western Europe 1945-2005 / Stefan Berger -- Practices and Politics of Second World War Remembrance. (Trans-)National Perspectives from Eastern and South-eastern Europe / Heike Karge -- A Victory Celebrated. Danish and Norwegian Celebrations of the Liberation / Clemens Maier -- Section 2. Towards a Europeanization of the Commemoration of the Holocaust -- Remembering Europe's Heart of Darkness - Legacies of the Holocaust in Post-war European Societies / Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke -- Holocaust Remembrance and Restitution of Jewish Property in the Czech Republic and Poland after 1989 / Stanisław Tyszka -- A Europeanization of the Holocaust Memory? German and Polish Reception of Europa, Europa (1990) by Agnieszka Holland / Małgorzata Pakier -- Italian Commemoration of the Shoah. The Construction of a Survivor-oriented Narrative and its Impact on Italian Politics and Practices of Remembrance / Ruth Nattermann -- Section 3. Coming to Terms with Europe's Communist Past -- Managing the History of the Past in the Former Communist States / Arfon Rees -- Eurocommunism. Commemorating Communism in Contemporary Eastern Europe / Péter Apor -- The Memory of the Dead Body / Senadin Musabegović -- Neither Help nor Pardon? Communist Pasts in Western Europe / Kevin Morgan -- Section 4. Coming to Terms with Europe's Colonial Past -- Politics of Remembrance, Colonialism, and the Algerian War in France / Jan Jansen -- Memory Politics and the Use of History: Finnish-speaking Minorities at the North Calotte / Lars Elenius -- Conclusion. Nightmares or Daydreams? A Postscript on the Europeanization of Memories / Konrad H. Jarausch.