Collective memory and European identity

Ashgate

2005

228 p.

National identities and collective memory in an enlarged Europe / Willfried Spohn -- European self-understanding in the twentieth century / Hartmut Kaelble -- East-European historical bequest en route to an integrated Europe / Jerzy Jedlicki -- Global diaspora? European Jewish consciousness? reflections on German Jewry and the postmodern debate / Y. Michal Bodemann -- Re-modelling the boundaries in the new Europe / Oliver Schmidtke -- Italy, Eu-enlargement and the 'reinvention' of Europe / Ilaria Favretto -- Spain's 'special solidarity' with the East / Pablo Jáuregui -- Nato and Hungarian public opinion / András Kovács -- Troublesome anniversary / Karel Kubi' -- Converting history into 'cultural treasure' in post-1991 Kaliningrad / Olga Sezneva -- Remembering national memories together / Klaus Eder.

Is it possible to create a collective European identity? In this volume, leading scholars assess the link between collective identity construction in Europe and the multiple memory discourses that intervene in this construction process. The authors believe that the exposure of national collective memories to an enlarging communicative space within Europe affects the ways in which national memories are framed. Through this perspective, several case studies of East and West European memory discourses are presented." "This timely work is the first to investigate collective identity construction on a pan-European scale and will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students of political sociology and European studies.

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