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Title: Holocaust And Memory In The Global Age
Condition: New
Author: Daniel Levy
Contributor: Natan Sznaider (Contributions by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1592132766
EAN: 9781592132768
ISBN: 9781592132768
Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, Law & Politics
Release Date: 08/12/2005
Description: Can collective memories of the past shape the future? If one of the fears about a globalized society is the homogenization of culture, can it nevertheless be true that the homogenization of memory might have a positive impact on political and cultural norms? Originally published in Germany, The Holocaust and Memory in the Global Age examines the nature of collective memory in a globalized world, and how the memory of one particular event-the Holocaust-helped give rise to an emerging global consensus on human rights. Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider show how memories of the Holocaust have been de-contextualized from the original event and offer a framework for interpreting contemporary acts of injustice such as ethnic cleansing and genocide. Representations of mass atrocities in Bosnia and Kosovo during the 1990s resonated with iconographies of the Holocaust and played a significant role in the political and military interventions in the Balkans. Subsequently, these representations have had a crucial impact on the consolidation of international human rights and related issues of transitional justice, reparations, and restitution.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 18mm
Book Series: Politics History & Social Chan
Language: English
Release Year: 2005

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