Overview
- Looks at the whole range of ways in which some countries’ experience of atoning for past crimes come to be seen as models for others to follow and adapt
- Uses the “German model” and looks at how it has come to be seen as exemplary in all sorts of different contexts
- Brings together discussions from various fields connected with memory studies such as transitional justice and the study of cultural memory
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies (PMMS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Norms and Yardsticks
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The European Union and the Politics of Atonement
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Atonement Models as Springboards
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Occidentalist Entanglements
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Personal Experiences
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About this book
This collection examines what happens when one country’s experience of dealing with its traumatic past is held up as a model for others to follow. In regional and country studies covering Argentina, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, Rwanda, Russia, Turkey, the United States and former Yugoslavia, the authors look at the pitfalls, misunderstandings and perverse effects–but also the promise–of trying to replicate atonement. Going beyond the idea of a global or transnational memory, this book examines the significance of foreign models in atonement practices, and analyses the role of national governments, international organisations, museums, foundations, NGOs and public intellectuals in shaping the idea that good practices of atonement can be learned. The volume also demonstrates how one can productively learn from others by appreciating the complex and contested nature of atonement practices such as Germany’s, and also by finding the necessary resources in the history of one’s own country.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Replicating Atonement
Book Subtitle: Foreign Models in the Commemoration of Atrocities
Editors: Mischa Gabowitsch
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65027-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65026-5Published: 29 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87929-1Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65027-2Published: 07 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6257
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6265
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 353
Topics: Cultural Theory, Memory Studies, Modern History, Cultural Anthropology, Global/International Culture, Area Studies