Memory and political change
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
This volume explores memory as both a medium of and an impediment to change, offering an inroad into the problems, mechanisms and patterns involved in the complex processes that accompany the transition from authoritarian to democratic structures.
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psycholo…
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
While it is well-known that memory is open to constant changes and transformations, this book adopts an innovative approach, emphasizing memory's role as a powerful agent of change. While political systems may change comparatively quickly, the social and cultural processes of ad…
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psycholo…
by Assmann, Aleida, Shortt, Linda
fromPalgrave Macmillan memory studies
For many decades, "social revolutions" have been a major focus of social scientific work. Defined by Theda Skocpol in her classic work States and Social Revolutions as "rapid, basic transformations of a society's state and class structures that are accompanied and in part carrie…
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction: revolution and the city -- A spatial theory of revolution -- The growth and urbanization of revolution -- The urban civic revolutionary moment -- The repression-disruption trade-off and the shifting odds of succ…
"For many decades, "social revolutions" have been a major focus of social scientific work. Defined by Theda Skocpol in her classic work States and Social Revolutions as "rapid, basic transformations of a society's state and class structures that are accompanied and in part carri…
"For many decades, "social revolutions" have been a major focus of social scientific work. Defined by Theda Skocpol in her classic work States and Social Revolutions as "rapid, basic transformations of a society's state and class structures that are accompanied and in part carri…