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Politics of Memory and Nationalism

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Olga Malinova*
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HSE University, Moscow, Russia; Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

Scholars of nationalism knew about the role of memory and forgetting in nation building long before the contemporary boom of memory studies. Still, they can learn a lot from this relatively new research field. This article offers an overview of the literature on the politics of memory, focusing on different patterns of dealing with a dark past of genocides, civil wars, and political repressions, on the one hand, and on the observations derived from the recent so-called “memory wars” in Europe, on the other. Both issues elucidate a persistent role of nationalism in the contemporary world.

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politics of memorynationalismthe dark pastmemory warsmnemonical security

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 49 , Issue 6 , November 2021 , pp. 997 - 1007
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