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European Memory and Conflicting Visions of the Past (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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European Memory and Conflicting Visions of the Past (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice
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This book discusses a number of ways in which the dialogue about
Europe's past and future could be rendered more inclusive, such as
the promotion of critical and sentimental education and the
creation of virtual and actual social spaces in which citizens and
organised identity groups can participate. The discussion about
European memory is far from being a "merely" symbolic issue with no
political consequences. Imagining Europe and its past in different
ways will lead to different real political outcomes. For instance,
thinking about European integration as an embodiment of the values
of the Enlightenment (such as human rights, liberal democracy, and
reason), as a guarantor of peace on the continent, as a guarantor
of prosperity, or as a guarantor that massive human rights
violations like genocide will "never again" be committed on its
soil, all entail different political objectives. Similarly,
conflicting understandings of European memory as either a thing or
a social construct, as either one memory or a plurality of
memories, as either the end point of deliberation or a dialogical
process, represent not merely inconsequential cultural "froth on
the tides of society," but crucially important issues with real
political consequences. The book is intended to contribute to this
discussion about the common European approach to the past (and thus
to the future).
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