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Memory Laws, Memory Wars - The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia (Paperback)
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Memory Laws, Memory Wars - The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia (Paperback)
Series: New Studies in European History
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Laws against Holocaust denial are perhaps the best-known
manifestation of the present-day politics of historical memory. In
Memory Laws, Memory Wars, Nikolay Koposov examines the phenomenon
of memory laws in Western and Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia
and exposes their very different purposes in the East and West. In
Western Europe, he shows how memory laws were designed to create a
common European memory centred on the memory of the Holocaust as a
means of integrating Europe, combating racism, and averting
national and ethnic conflicts. In Russia and Eastern Europe, by
contrast, legislation on the issues of the past is often used to
give the force of law to narratives which serve the narrower
interests of nation states and protect the memory of perpetrators
rather than victims. This will be essential reading for all those
interested in ongoing conflicts over the legacy of the Second World
War, Nazism, and communism.
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