Angela Merkel’s discourse about the past
Implications for the construction of collective memory in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer A Yoder (Colby College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 660-676 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698017727807 |
| OpenAlex | W2752560920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political discourse about the past. Through analysis of 54 of Merkel’s speeches over a 10-year period, I explore when and how she references the past and whether she links the past to particular foreign policy choices. I suggest that Merkel draws upon several pasts—from different points in time and from different configurations of Germany—to present an integrated collective memory for a unified Germany
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Collective memory · German · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |