The Faces of Memory. The Phenomenon of Memorials in the Contemporary World and its Political Uses
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https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.35.14Keywords:
Collective memory, memorials, patriotism, national identity, political discourseAbstract
Since the decade of 1990 there has been an unprecedented proliferation of memorials around the world: monuments, shrines, museums, different spaces for memory – including virtual places and archives –, and commemorative dates. It is a global phenomenon that can be considered as characteristic of our time. Most of these memorials are related to traumatic events, especially genocides, and they are offered as a means of overcoming the past and fighting against oblivion. Even, they are used to tackle the issue of justice, establishing a narrative of the truth about the past. Beyond their explicit purposes, memorials have a fundamental political aim, as they provide a stimulus of patriotism. They are also an expression of national identity, appearing occasionally as a sort of «national memory». Therefore, they are used as an informal mechanism of nation-building. This article studies the aforementioned phenomenon and such political uses of memorials through some significant examples.Downloads
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