Civil society and memory in postwar Germany / Jenny Wüstenberg (York University, Toronto)

"Blending history and social science, this book tracks the role of social movements in shaping German public memory and values since 1945. Drawn from extensive original research, it offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of German democracy through civic confrontation with the violence of...

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Main Authors:Wüstenberg, Jenny (Author)
Formato: Livro
Idioma:English
Publicado em:Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Civil society activism, memory politics and democracy
Memorial politics and civil society since 1945
Building negative memory: civic initiatives for memorials to Nazi terror
Dig where you stand: the history movement and grassroots memorialization
Memorial aesthetics and the memory movements of the 1980s
A part of history that continues to smolder: remembering East Germany from below
Hybrid memorial institutions and democratic memory