Replicating Atonement : Foreign Models in the Commemoration of Atrocities

Mischa Gabowitsch

ISBN 10: 3319879294 / ISBN 13: 9783319879291

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2018

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This collection examines what happens when one country's experience of dealing with its traumatic past is held up as a model for others to follow. In regional and country studies covering Argentina, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, Rwanda, Russia, Turkey, the United States and former Yugoslavia, the authors look at the pitfalls, misunderstandings and perverse effects-but also the promise-of trying to replicate atonement. Going beyond the idea of a global or transnational memory, this book examines the significance of foreign models in atonement practices, and analyses the role of national governments, international organisations, museums, foundations, NGOs and public intellectuals in shaping the idea that good practices of atonement can be learned. The volume also demonstrates how one can productively learn from others by appreciating the complex and contested nature of atonement practices such as Germany's, and also by finding the necessary resources in the history of one's own country.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Replicating Atonement : Foreign Models in the Commemoration of Atrocities
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319879294
• ISBN 13: 9783319879291
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 20D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

This collection examines what happens when one country’s experience of dealing with its traumatic past is held up as a model for others to follow. In regional and country studies covering Argentina, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, Rwanda, Russia, Turkey, the United States and former Yugoslavia, the authors look at the pitfalls, misunderstandings and perverse effects–but also the promise–of trying to replicate atonement. Going beyond the idea of a global or transnational memory, this book examines the significance of foreign models in atonement practices, and analyses the role of national governments, international organisations, museums, foundations, NGOs and public intellectuals in shaping the idea that good practices of atonement can be learned. The volume also demonstrates how one can productively learn from others by appreciating the complex and contested nature of atonement practices such as Germany’s, and also by finding the necessary resources in the history of one’s own country.

 

About the Author

Mischa Gabowitsch is a sociologist and historian and works at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany. He is the author of Protest in Putin’s Russia (2016) and editor of several books on memory and commemoration published in Russian and German.