Civil society and memory in postwar Germany

by Wustenberg, Jenny

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Title Statements

Full title :Civil society and memory in postwar Germany / Jenny Wüstenberg, York University, Toronto.

Summary

"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 its past. Told through the stories of memory activists, the study upends some of the conventional wisdom about modern German political history. An analysis of the decades-long struggle over memory and democracy shows how grassroots actors challenged and then took over public institutions of memorialization. In the process, confrontation of the Holocaust has been pushed to the centre of political culture. In unified Germany, memory politics have shifted again, as activists from East Germany have brought attention to the crimes of the East German state. This book delivers a novel and important contribution to scholarship about post-war Germany and the wider study of memory politics."--Provided by publisher

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017
Edition:Paperback edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 334 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:131662837X, 9781316628379
oclc:on1053580788
LC Classification:DD67
Dewey Decimal:940.54/60943

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.

Subjects

Allemagne -- Politique et gouvernement … Civil society Collective memory Collective memory -- Germany Commémorations -- Histoire. -- Allemagne Germany Germany -- Politics and government -- 1… Germany -- Politics and government -- 1… Germany (East) Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Monument… History Mémoire collective -- Allemagne Memorialization Memorialization -- History. -- Germany Memorials -- Social aspects Memorials -- Social aspects -- Germany Monuments Monuments aux morts -- Aspect social --… Mouvements sociaux -- Aspect politique … Politics and government