Learning from the Germans? History and Memory in German and European Discourses of Integration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12650925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Beattie (0000-0003-2933-7558, University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1449-2490 • E-ISSN: 1449-2490 |
| Publisher | UTS ePRESS (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.5130/portal.v4i2.483 |
| OpenAlex | W2058439000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
History and memory appear to be increasingly important to discussions of European values and identity, as exemplified by references to ‘bitter experiences’ and ‘divided pasts’ in the draft EU constitution. The article takes recent suggestions that Europe could learn from German experiences of confronting multiple difficult pasts as its starting point, and considers critically what lessons those German experiences might in fact hold for ‘Europe’. It explores similarities and differences in the two integration contexts and their dominant approaches to, and assumptions about history and public memory. Specifically, it considers debates about the east-west division of the Cold War and about the place of communism and nazism in public memory. Contrary to common assumptions, the article argues that German experiences are not necessarily worth of European emulation
Aesthetics · Constitution · European integration · European union · German · Identity (music · Nazism · Political science · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
Ne/kritická reflexe minulosti a přeshraniční spolupráce v trojmezních Euroregionech Nisa a Šumava. Na cestě od nostalgického hledání kořenů k dialogickému vzpomínání
Memory relations
Memory relations
Acting at the margins – Italian mnemonic activism in the European Parliament
How the traumatic past influences the vote of the populist radical right parties in Germany, Poland, and Spain
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |