"Since the 19th century, mass-production, consumerism and cycles of material replacement have accelerated; increasingly larger amounts of things are increasingly rapidly victimized and made redundant. At the same time processes of destruction have immensely intensified, although…
by Erll, Astrid, Young, Sara B.
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
"This book offers a comparative historical examination of the relations between social movements and collective memory. It examines how social movements act to shape public memory as well as how memory plays an important role within social movements through 15 historical case st…
"Cuando se trata de violencia histórica y desigualdad contemporánea, ninguno de nosotros es completamente inocente. Puede que no seamos agentes directos del daño, pero aún así podemos contribuir, habitar o beneficiarnos de regímenes de dominación que no establecemos ni controlam…
"This book examines the phenomenon of modern memory as a reaction to total war, an aspiration to truth-seeking provoked by the independent forces of modern war and collective violence which is transnational, or postnational, in character. Using examples from prose and poetry, fi…
