States of Memory
Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection
1st Edition
Published on 21. July 2003
368 pages
978-0-8223-8468-7 (ISBN)
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A journal into book collection on national memory focusing on commemorations, collective apologies, and historical revisions, now enhanced by the addition of 6 essays by senior, historical sociologists.
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Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection
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Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection
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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Jeffrey K. Olick 1
Rethinking a Great Event: The October Revolution as Memory Project / Frederick C. Corney 17
Of Storytellers and Master Narratives: Modernity, Memory, and History in Fascist Italy / Simonetta Falasca Zamponi 43
Idols of the Emperor / Matt K. Matsuda 72
Confucius and the Cultural Revolution: A Study in Collective Memory / Tong Zhang and Barry Schwartz 101
Institutional Legacies and Collective Memories: The Case of the Spanish Transition to Democracy / Paloma Aguilar 128
When Do Collective Memories Last? Founding Moments in the United States and Australia / Lyn Spillman 161
Legacies and Liabilities of an Insurgent Past: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. on the House and Senate Floor / Francesca Polletta 193
Postnationalist Pasts: The Case of Israel / Uri Ram 227
What Does It Mean to Normalize the Past? Official Memory in German Politics since 1989 / Jeffrey K. Olick 259
The "End" of the Postwar: Japan at the Turn of the Millennium / Carol Gluck 289
Calendars and History: A Comparative Study of the Social Organization of National Memory / Eviatar Zerubavel 315
Afterword: Borges and Brass / Charles Tilly 339
Contributors 347
Index 351
Introduction / Jeffrey K. Olick 1
Rethinking a Great Event: The October Revolution as Memory Project / Frederick C. Corney 17
Of Storytellers and Master Narratives: Modernity, Memory, and History in Fascist Italy / Simonetta Falasca Zamponi 43
Idols of the Emperor / Matt K. Matsuda 72
Confucius and the Cultural Revolution: A Study in Collective Memory / Tong Zhang and Barry Schwartz 101
Institutional Legacies and Collective Memories: The Case of the Spanish Transition to Democracy / Paloma Aguilar 128
When Do Collective Memories Last? Founding Moments in the United States and Australia / Lyn Spillman 161
Legacies and Liabilities of an Insurgent Past: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. on the House and Senate Floor / Francesca Polletta 193
Postnationalist Pasts: The Case of Israel / Uri Ram 227
What Does It Mean to Normalize the Past? Official Memory in German Politics since 1989 / Jeffrey K. Olick 259
The "End" of the Postwar: Japan at the Turn of the Millennium / Carol Gluck 289
Calendars and History: A Comparative Study of the Social Organization of National Memory / Eviatar Zerubavel 315
Afterword: Borges and Brass / Charles Tilly 339
Contributors 347
Index 351
