Beyond memory : can we really learn from the past? / Sarah Gensburger, Sandrine Lefranc ; translated by Katharine Throssell.
This book provides a fresh perspective on the familiar belief that memory policies are successful in building peaceful societies. Whether in a stable democracy or in the wake of a violent political conflict, this book argues that memory policies are unhelpful in preventing hate, genocide, and mass c...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2: The Making of Memory Policies
- Remembrance as a Way to Open Minds and Hearts
- The Leitmotiv of Memory Policies
- Emotion, Dialogue, and Individuation
- Memory Policy Tools
- Memory Museums and Civic Transformation
- Memory Education in Schools
- Memory in Courts and Truth Commissions
- "Never Again": The Effectiveness of Memory Policy
- Memory Policies Have Not Evacuated Intolerance
- (Re)framing the Question of the Effects of Memory Policy
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Memory Policies in Action
- School Memories: Social "Noise" in the Classroom
- Reticence: Fulfilling One's Role as a Teacher by Evoking the Violent Past
- Do Memory Policies Foster Indifference Instead of Tolerance?
- Social Frameworks of Memory: From School to Family
- Ordinary Social Interactions and the Appropriation of Lessons of the Past
- Memories in the Museum: Recognizing the Past
- Visiting and Revisiting the Past
- From the Transmission of Values to Their Reinforcement
- Ordinary Social Interactions Are Always Present
- Truth Commissions: Collective Healing for Trauma?
- Painful Memories at the Heart of Truth Commissions
- Banality in the Lives of Victims Who Are Made Witnesses
- Trials for Memory: The Law Is the Law (and Politics)!
- Lessons from the Past or Verdicts from a Trial?
- Memory Trials as Ordinary Trials
- Bibliography
- Chapter 4: The Effects of Memory
- Can Individuals Really Be Changed?
- Memory Policies Do Not Educate Individuals
- What Good Are Lessons from the Past When Someone Hands You a Gun?
- The Political Power of Memory Policies
- The Relational Effects of Memory Policies
- When Memory Policy Gives Rise to "Victims."
- Is Memory Activism Special?
- The Small World of Memory Entrepreneurs
- The Memorial Enterprise: Job Markets and Social Spheres
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5: Memory Is Not Enough: Can Memory Policies Be More Effective?
- Bibliography
- Index.