Chapter 11: Regretful memory politics: the way forward or a dead end?
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Chapter
Published:
25 Apr 2023
Page Range:
163–175
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372535.00018
Keywords:
Collective memory; Holocaust; Myth; Regret; State apology
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This chapter gives an overview about regretful approaches to commemorating past events. It introduces the reader to different conceptual and theoretical approaches to regretful memory politics, gives a balanced assessment about the strengths and weaknesses of these arguments, and highlights the focal points of the ongoing scholarly debate. The chapter also presents the most important empirical cases relevant for the discussion, paying particular attention to the rise of the global Holocaust memory regime and the debates about the idea of European memory.

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Cover Handbook on the Politics of Memory
Handbook on the Politics of Memory
Handbook
Published:
25 Apr 2023
Print ISBN:
9781800372528
eISBN:
9781800372535
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372535
Pages:
418
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2023
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