Description
| Product ID: | 9781108410168 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Studies in European History |
| Title: | Memory Laws, Memory Wars |
| Subtitle: | The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia |
| Authors: | Author: Nikolay Koposov |
| Page Count: | 338 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, History of ideas, Legal history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, History of ideas, Legal history |
| Description: | Examines the development of memory laws in Europe, Ukraine, and Russia and the contrasting purposes they serve in the identity politics of the East and West. This is a major contribution to the history of memory and ongoing conflicts over the legacy of the Second World War, Nazism, and communism. Laws against Holocaust denial are perhaps the best-known manifestation of the present-day politics of historical memory. In Memory Laws, Memory Wars, Nikolay Koposov examines the phenomenon of memory laws in Western and Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia and exposes their very different purposes in the East and West. In Western Europe, he shows how memory laws were designed to create a common European memory centred on the memory of the Holocaust as a means of integrating Europe, combating racism, and averting national and ethnic conflicts. In Russia and Eastern Europe, by contrast, legislation on the issues of the past is often used to give the force of law to narratives which serve the narrower interests of nation states and protect the memory of perpetrators rather than victims. This will be essential reading for all those interested in ongoing conflicts over the legacy of the Second World War, Nazism, and communism. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-10-12 |
