Since the early 1980s, there has been a drasticincrease in commemorative activities dedicated to thememory of the Holocaust and its victims. This book investigates the influence of thehistory of the Holocaust and the politics of memoryon German democracy and national identity. Byevaluating the historiography of the Holocaust, thehistory of the politics of memory since 1945 andthree contemporary case studies during the 1990s("The Goldhagen Controversy Revisited," "TheWalser-Bubis Debate," and "The National HolocaustMemorial in Berlin"), the nature, functions, effectsand political divisions of the politics of Holocaustmemory are examined in relation to questions ofnational self-definition, identity and democracy. Itis examined to what degree the political and social responsibility to the legacy of the Holocaustrepresents a constitutive element of theself-understanding of post-1945 German democracy. This cultural analysis should be useful to studentsof German history, politics and society or anyoneelse interested in the history of the Holocaust,historiography or the politics of memory.
Since the early 1980s, there has been a drasticincrease in commemorative activities dedicated to thememory of the Holocaust and its victims. This book investigates the influence of thehistory of the Holocaust and the politics of memoryon German democracy and national identity. Byevaluating the historiography of the Holocaust, thehistory of the politics of memory since 1945 andthree contemporary case studies during the 1990s("The Goldhagen Controversy Revisited," "TheWalser-Bubis Debate," and "The National HolocaustMemorial in Berlin"), the nature, functions, effectsand political divisions of the politics of Holocaustmemory are examined in relation to questions ofnational self-definition, identity and democracy. Itis examined to what degree the political and social responsibility to the legacy of the Holocaustrepresents a constitutive element of theself-understanding of post-1945 German democracy. This cultural analysis should be useful to studentsof German history, politics and society or anyoneelse interested in the history of the Holocaust,historiography or the politics of memory.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and...
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