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Author Olick, Jeffrey K., 1964-

Title The politics of regret : on collective memory and historical responsibility / Jeffrey K. Olick
Published New York : Routledge ; London : Taylor & Francis [distributor], 2007

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Description viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction : from collective memory to the politics of regret -- 2. Collective memory : the two cultures -- 3. Collective memory and cultural constraint : Holocaust myth and rationality in German politics -- 4. Genre memories and memory genres : a dialogical analysis of May 8, 1945, commemorations in the Federal Republic of Germany -- 5. Figurations of memory : a process-relational methodology, illustrated on the German case -- 6. The politics of regret : analytical frames -- 7. The value of regret? : lessons from and for Germany -- 8. From theodicy to Ressentiment : trauma and the ages of compensation -- 9. Collective memory and chronic differentiation : historicity and the public sphere
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Collective memory.
Regret.
Political atrocities.
LC no. 2006038498
ISBN 9780415956826 hardback
041595682X hardback
9780415956833 paperback