1st Edition
History, Memory, and Trans-European Identity Unifying Divisions
By Aline Sierp
Copyright 2014
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book questions the presupposition voiced by many historians and political scientists that political experiences in Europe continue to be interpreted in terms of national history, and that a European community of remembrance still does not exist. By tracing the evolution of specific memory cultures in two successor countries of the Fascist/Nazi regime (Italy and Germany) and the impact of... Read more
Introduction. 1. History, Memory and Public Policy 2. Forty Years of National Memory Constructions 3. The Europeanisation of National Memory? 4. A European Memory? Conclusions.
Biography
Aline Sierp is currently Lecturer in European Studies at Maastricht University. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative European Politics and History from the University of Siena. Before joining the University of Maastricht, she worked as researcher at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.
