Nunez Seixas Xose M.
Nunez Seixas Xose M. - Sites Of The Dictators Memories Of Authoritarian Europe 1945 2020 - Paperback
Nunez Seixas Xose M. - Sites Of The Dictators Memories Of Authoritarian Europe 1945 2020 - Paperback
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Description: This book explores the changing evolution of memory debates on places intimately linked to the lives and deaths of different fascist para - fascist and communist dictators in a truly transnational and comparative way. During the second decade of the twenty - first century a number of parallel debates arose in Italy Spain Portugal Albania Austria and other European countries regarding the public management by democratic regimes of those sites of memory that were directly linked to the personal biographies of their former dictators. The ways in which each democracy deals with the dead bodies mausoleums and birthplaces of the dictators vary considerably although common questions occur such as whether oblivion or re - signification is better the risk of a posthumous cult of personality being established and the extent to which the shadow of the authoritarian past endures in these sites of memory. Using the concept of "sites of the dictators" the author explains why it is so difficult to deal with some sites of memory linked to dead autocrats as those places contribute directly or indirectly to humanizing them making their remembrance more acceptable for the present and future generations and discusses the potential of the " Europeanization" of these "dark" memories of the past. Exploring the imperatives of memory politics and how these are reconciled with local actors interested in exploiting the dictator's remembrance this book will be useful reading for students and scholars of history politics and memory studies.
Title: Sites Of The Dictators Memories Of Authoritarian Europe 1945 2020
Author(s): Nunez Seixas Xose M.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367684112
Pages: 206 Pages, 28 Halftones, Black And White; 28 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/14/2021
Category: Regional Geography
Description: This book explores the changing evolution of memory debates on places intimately linked to the lives and deaths of different fascist para - fascist and communist dictators in a truly transnational and comparative way. During the second decade of the twenty - first century a number of parallel debates arose in Italy Spain Portugal Albania Austria and other European countries regarding the public management by democratic regimes of those sites of memory that were directly linked to the personal biographies of their former dictators. The ways in which each democracy deals with the dead bodies mausoleums and birthplaces of the dictators vary considerably although common questions occur such as whether oblivion or re - signification is better the risk of a posthumous cult of personality being established and the extent to which the shadow of the authoritarian past endures in these sites of memory. Using the concept of "sites of the dictators" the author explains why it is so difficult to deal with some sites of memory linked to dead autocrats as those places contribute directly or indirectly to humanizing them making their remembrance more acceptable for the present and future generations and discusses the potential of the " Europeanization" of these "dark" memories of the past. Exploring the imperatives of memory politics and how these are reconciled with local actors interested in exploiting the dictator's remembrance this book will be useful reading for students and scholars of history politics and memory studies.
Title: Sites Of The Dictators Memories Of Authoritarian Europe 1945 2020
Author(s): Nunez Seixas Xose M.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367684112
Pages: 206 Pages, 28 Halftones, Black And White; 28 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/14/2021
Category: Regional Geography
