Wounds of Memory: The Politics of War in Germany
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Maja Zehfuss (Author)
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German memories of the Second World War are controversial, and they are used to justify different positions on the use of military force. In this book, Maja Zehfuss studies the articulation of memories in novels in order to discuss and challenge arguments deployed in political and public debate. She explores memories that have generated considerable controversy, such as the flight and expulsion of Germans from the East, the bombing of German cities and the 'liberation' of Germany in 1945. She shows how memory retrospectively produces a past while claiming merely to invoke it, drawing attention to the complexities and contradictions within how truth, ethics, emotion, subjectivity and time are conceptualised. Zehfuss argues that the tensions and uncertainties revealed raise political questions that must be confronted, beyond the safety net of knowledge. This is a compelling book which pursues an original approach in exploring the politics of invocations of memory.
About the Author
Maja Zehfuss is Reader in International Politics at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality (Cambridge, 2002) and has written articles for a number of journals including the European Journal of International Relations, Millennium, the Review of International Studies, Third World Quarterly, International Relations and International Politics.
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- Contributor: Maja Zehfuss
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521873338
- Number of Pages: 312
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x21mm
- Packaged Weight: 630
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2007-10-25
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Maja Zehfuss is Reader in International Politics at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality (Cambridge, 2002) and has written articles for a number of journals including the European Journal of International Relations, Millennium, the Review of International Studies, Third World Quarterly, International Relations and International Politics.
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