Europe's Troubled Pasts in Comparative Perspective - Past and Present of a Complex Relation

How are deep, divisive conflicts remembered after they have ended? How can collective memories of the past shape the future? And what is the impact of the EU as an actor that helps the countries to overcome their troubled pasts? This book examines the processes of construction of collective and individual memories in post-conflict societies. The focus is on different types of troubled pasts, such as civil wars, genocides, and authoritarian past, and their representation in the public and private sphere through historical texts, fiction, cinema and art in eight different case studies. It specifically examines the impact of the recent crises on the emergence of past narratives as part of an anti-european movement. This book provides insights to scholars, policy makers and the general readers demonstrating the complex relation between violent events of the past, their representation in countries as Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland (and others) and the European entanglement.

About the author

Giorgos Antoniou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Vasiliki Triga, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.

Summary

How are deep, divisive conflicts remembered after they have ended? How can collective memories of the past shape the future? And what is the impact of the EU as an actor that helps the countries to overcome their troubled pasts? This book examines the processes of construction of collective and individual memories in post-conflict societies. The focus is on different types of troubled pasts, such as civil wars, genocides, and authoritarian past, and their representation in the public and private sphere through historical texts, fiction, cinema and art in eight different case studies. It specifically examines the impact of the recent crises on the emergence of past narratives as part of an anti-european movement. This book provides insights to scholars, policy makers and the general readers demonstrating the complex relation between violent events of the past, their representation in countries as Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland (and others) and the European entanglement.

Product details

• Assisted by: Antoniou Giorgos (Editor), Triga (Editor), Vasiliki Triga (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9783110771114
• ISBN: 978-3-11-077111-4
• No. of pages: 370
• Illustrations: 15 b/w and 15 col. ill.
• Series: Public History in European Perspectives; Public History from European Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Geschichte, Europa, Krise, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Crisis, European History, Europäische Union, History: theory & methods, Kollektives Gedächtnis, Colonialism & imperialism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Geschichtspolitik, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, HIS037030 HISTORY / Modern / General, HIS037070 HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HIS037060 HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Collective Memory, HIS037080 HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HIS035000 HISTORY / Study & Teaching, European Union, politics of memory