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Beyond Memory - Can We Really Learn From the Past? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Beyond Memory - Can We Really Learn From the Past? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
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This book provides a fresh perspective on the familiar belief that
memory policies are successful in building peaceful societies.
Whether in a stable democracy or in the wake of a violent political
conflict, this book argues that memory policies are unhelpful in
preventing hate, genocide, and mass crimes. Since the 1990s,
transmitting the memory of violent pasts has been utilised in
attempts to foster tolerance and fight racism, hate and
antisemitism. However, countries that invested in memory policies
have overseen the rise of hate crimes and populisms instead of
growing social cohesion. Breaking with the usual moralistic
position, this book takes stock of this situation. Where do these
memory policies come from? Whom do they serve? Can we make them
more effective? In other words, can we really learn from the past?
At a time when memory studies is blooming, this book questions the
normative belief in the effects of memory.
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