Mass dictatorship and memory as ever present past

This volume explores the politics of memory involved in 'coming to terms with the past' of mass dictatorship on a global scale. Considering how a growing sense of global connectivity and global human rights politics changed the memory landscape, the essays explore entangled pasts of dictat...

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Group Author: Lim, Jie-Hyun; Walker, Barbara; Lambert, Peter
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Mass dictatorship in the twentieth century
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137289834
Summary: This volume explores the politics of memory involved in 'coming to terms with the past' of mass dictatorship on a global scale. Considering how a growing sense of global connectivity and global human rights politics changed the memory landscape, the essays explore entangled pasts of dictatorships.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137289827.
Carrier Form: 272 p. : 10 b&w, halftones.
ISBN: 9781137289834 :
113728983X :
CLC: D033.3
Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Coming to Terms with the Past of Mass Dictatorship-- Peter Lambert & Jie-Hyun Lim PART I: ENTANGLED MEMORY AND COMPARATIVE HISTORY 2. The Predicaments of Culture: War, Dictatorship, and Modernity in Early Postwar West Germany and Japan-- Sebastian Conrad 3. Victimhood Nationalism in the Memory of Mass Dictatorship-- Jie-Hyun Lim 4. Creating a Victimhood Nation: The Politics of the Austrian People's Courts and High Treason-- Hiroko Mizuno PART II: THE DIALECTICAL INTERPLAY OF HISTORY AND MEMORY 5. Ukraine Faces Its