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Book SynopsisProviding a novel multi-disciplinary theorization of memory politics, this insightful Handbook brings varied literatures into a focused dialogue on the ways in which the past is remembered and how these influence transnational, interstate, and global politics in the present.
With case studies from Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States, the Handbook focuses on the political features of historical memory in international relations. Chapters examine key concepts of memory politics, including accountability, commemoration and memorialization, the Europeanization of memory, and the politics of trauma and victimhood, as well as analyzing different sites of memory, from the human body and memorial sites to media, film, and television. It also answers essential questions such as who and what determines the relevance of the past in the present; how does memory become a political question; and what are the political effects and ethical implications of its mobilization?
Exploring the links between the politics of memory, international ethics, law, and diplomacy, this stimulating Handbook will be essential reading for students and scholars of politics and international relations, cultural studies, history, and transitional justice. Its discussion of notable agents and practices of memory politics will also be beneficial for practitioners working in human rights, politics, and public policy.
Trade Review‘Whether in the Russian invasion of Ukraine or in endless conflicts about monuments and school curricula, never before have the politics of memory so dramatically shaped international and domestic politics. This landmark collection of multidisciplinary essays represents the cutting edge of memory studies for scholars and practitioners.’ -- A. Dirk Moses, The City College of New York, US
‘The Handbook is a long-awaited, excellent collective discussion on the critical question of memory politics, bringing many different disciplinary perspectives and regional focuses into dialogue. A must-read for all interested in how histories are reinterpreted in light of our present world.’ -- Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University, US
‘This is a superb survey of the politics of memory. Thematically wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated, it will be of great value to both students and established scholars looking to explore the complex and endlessly contested relationship between past and present.’ -- Duncan Bell, University of Cambridge, UK
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Politics of memory: a conceptual introduction 1 Maria Mälksoo PART I CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES 2 Memory, identity and its politics 18 Felix Berenskötter 3 Ontological security and the politics of memory in international relations 31 Filip Ejdus 4 (Inter)national ethics and the politics of memory 46 Brent J. Steele and Luke B. Campbell 5 Law and the politics of memory 65 Uladzislau Belavusau 6 Europeanising memory: the European Union’s politics of memory 81 Aline Sierp 7 Provincializing European memory: transregional heritage politics and memory ethics across China’s Belt(s) and Road(s) Initiative(s) 95 John Njenga Karugia PART II ACTORS AND PRACTICES 8 Agents of memory politics 116 Laure Neumayer 9 The politics of commemoration and memorialization 130 Ljiljana Radonić 10 The politics of trauma and victimhood 147 Adam B. Lerner 11 Regretful memory politics: the way forward or a dead end? 163 Mano Toth 12 The politics of accountability 176 Victor Igreja 13 The politics of reconciliation and memory 191 Johanna Mannergren Selimovic PART III TOOLS AND SITES 14 The human body as site of memory politics 204 Jessica Auchter 15 Memorial sites: siting and sighting memory 216 Charlotte Heath-Kelly 16 Hunting down monuments: the CAF model—characteristics, actors, and functions 228 Ana Milošević 17 Memory in international diplomacy 246 Kathrin Bachleitner 18 (New) media memory 258 Nicole Maurantonio 19 Film, television, and the politics of memory in post-postracial America 272 Alison Landsberg 20 History education 285 Kazuya Fukuoka PART IV CONTEMPORARY CASES 21 World War II in global historical memory 304 Patrick Finney 22 Holocaust and global politics of memory 321 Jelena Subotić 23 ‘Culture war’: the contradictions of conservative representations in the mnemonic battle over the British Empire 334 Tom Bentley 24 Beyond bilateral conflict in the international politics of memory in East Asia: anxiety and reconciliation 349 Karl Gustafsson 25 Remembering the war, forgetting Stalin’s repressions: appeals to family memory in contemporary Russia 362 Ekaterina Haskins 26 From the ‘victim societies’ to the ‘societies of victimisation’: the memory of military atrocities in South America 377 Henrique Tavares Furtado Index
