Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume I
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Critical Junctures
- Part II Multilateralism and Geopolitics
- Part III Perspectives and Ideas
- Networks and Attitudes
- Thinking and Memory
- 21 Ideas of Europe: A View from Inside-Out, the 1880s to the 1910s (and Beyond)
- 22 Beginning with Culture: A Certain Idea of Europe
- 23 The European Union and Memory
- Culture and Religion
- Index
- References
23 - The European Union and Memory
from Thinking and Memory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2023
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- The Cambridge History of the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume I
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Reflections on the History and Historiography of European Integration
- Part I Critical Junctures
- Part II Multilateralism and Geopolitics
- Part III Perspectives and Ideas
- Networks and Attitudes
- Thinking and Memory
- 21 Ideas of Europe: A View from Inside-Out, the 1880s to the 1910s (and Beyond)
- 22 Beginning with Culture: A Certain Idea of Europe
- 23 The European Union and Memory
- Culture and Religion
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter engages with the under-explored knots of European memory politics both theoretically and empirically, linking theories of European Union (EU) integration with the study of collective memory at transnational, EU level. Collective memory is a deeply political phenomenon: it is politically embedded, reflecting political visions, and enacting social and political worlds. Traditionally studied in Sociology and History, Nationalism and Cultural Studies, the politics of manifold memory practices has more recently emerged as an object of academic interest for International Relations (IR), International Law, Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Theory, Comparative Politics and the transdisciplinary field of Memory Studies proper. However, only recently has the study of collective memory overcome the boundaries of methodological nationalism to question and analyse the impact the EU has had on nation-state memories, and vice versa.
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- The Cambridge History of the European Union , pp. 591 - 611Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023