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Beyond Memory Sarah Gensburger

Beyond Memory By Sarah Gensburger

Beyond Memory by Sarah Gensburger


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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.

Beyond Memory Summary

Beyond Memory: Can We Really Learn From the Past? by Sarah Gensburger

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 fightracism, 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.


About Sarah Gensburger

Sarah Gensburger is a Senior Researcher in Social Sciences at the French National Center for Scientific Research, France. Her work focuses on public policies of memory and social appropriations of the past in Western democracies.

Sandrine Lefranc is a Senior Researcher in Social Sciences at the French National Center for Scientific Research, France. Her work focuses on post-conflict societies and transitional justice.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The making of memory policies.- 3. Memory policies in action.- 4. The effects of memory.- 5. Conclusion.

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NPB9783030342012
9783030342012
3030342018
Beyond Memory: Can We Really Learn From the Past? by Sarah Gensburger
New
Hardback
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2020-02-21
128
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