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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959618003321

Titolo

Collective memory and European identity : the effects of integration and enlargement / / edited by Klaus Eder, Willfried Spohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95059-2

1-315-25995-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

EderKlaus <1946->

SpohnWillfried <1944->

Disciplina

305.8/0094/09051

Soggetti

National characteristics, European

Collective memory - Europe

International economic integration - Social aspects - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Collective identities in Europe and European identities -- pt. II. Europe, national identities and collective memory in Western Europe -- pt. III. Europe, national identities and collective memory in Eastern Europe.

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible to create a collective European identity? In this volume, leading scholars assess the link between collective identity construction in Europe and the multiple memory discourses that intervene in this construction process. The authors believe that the exposure of national collective memories to an enlarging communicative space within Europe affects the ways in which national memories are framed. Through this perspective, several case studies of East and West European memory discourses are presented. The first part of the volume elaborates how collective memory can be identified in the new Europe. The second part presents case studies on national memories and related collective identities in respect of European integration and its extension to the East. This timely work is the first to investigate collective identity construction on a pan-European scale and will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students of political sociology



and European studies.