The politics of regret : on collective memory and historical responsibility
In the past decade, Jeffrey Olick has established himself as one of the world's pre-eminent sociologists of memory (and, related to this, both cultural sociology and social theory). His recent book on memory in postwar Germany, In the House of the Hangman (University of Chicago Press, 2005) has...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York [u.a.] : Routledge,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Collective memory Regret Political atrocities Kollektives Gedächtnis Schuld Reue Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit Politische Verantwortung Entschuldigung Politik |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (VIII, 229 S.) |
| Zusammenfassung: | In the past decade, Jeffrey Olick has established himself as one of the world's pre-eminent sociologists of memory (and, related to this, both cultural sociology and social theory). His recent book on memory in postwar Germany, In the House of the Hangman (University of Chicago Press, 2005) has garnered a great deal of acclaim. This book collects his best essays on a range of memory related issues and adds a couple of new ones. It is more conceptually expansive than his other work and will serve as a great introduction to this important theorist. In the past quarter century, the issue of memor |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record Literaturverz. S. 207 - 222 |
| Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource (VIII, 229 S.) Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780415956826 041595682X 9781135909819 1135909814 |