Contemporary populist narratives tend to foreground “othering” to a remarkable degree. Is there a future for “collectivity” in an age of division?
Tag Archive for ‘History Politics (Geschichtspolitik)’
Memória Brasileira do Autoritarismo: Um Novo Rumo
Brazil is going through a politically sensitive time. After two decades of reconciliation projects, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president in 2018.
About Today’s Collective Identity Politics
Monthly Editorial February 2020 | Einführung in den Monat Februar 2020 Copyright (c) 2020 by De Gruyter Oldenbourg and the author, all rights reserved. This work may be copied and… Read More ›
How Policy Change Affects Memory Politics
History Politics as kind of siege mentality, when the state sees any criticism of its past as support for the enemy. See e.g. Sandarmokh.
Civic Public Space as Conflictual Space
Lévesque agrees with Nora’s explanation for the repeated attacks against monumental figures all over the world: the “general politization…
Apologies for History
Mexico debates if Spain should apologize for crimes during the Conquista de México. The controversy shows the urgency to write a new history that fights contemporary racism and inequality.
Who owns the “Trümmerfrauen”?
In 2018, a debate arose regarding a monument to the “Trümmerfrauen”, unveiled by the Austrian right-wing Vice-Chancellor H.C. Strache. The core question was whether they deserved a monument at all.
The 2018 VHD Resolution and the Pyrenees
The VHD resolution of 2018 has created a stir. So far, however, the danger that such resolutions, which positively affect specific nationa…