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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Between Entitlement and Reconciliation: Germany and Poland’s Postmemory after 1989
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The Politics of Postmemory
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The Grand Narratives of Postmemory
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Reviews
"Germany, Poland and Postmemorial Relations: In Search of a Livable Past presents a fascinating constellation of perspectives on the ever-changing Polish-German relationship. This scholarly exchange offers a welcome inquiry into a complicated labyrinth of neighborly claims, resentments, nostalgic sentiments, and state politics." - Bo?ena Shallcross, professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
"This collection of stimulating articles, framed by a lively introduction by Kopp and Ni?y?ska, gives a fascinating overview of debates in German-Polish relations over the last two decades, involving politics and culture, interdependent collective memory and public legitimacy, victimhood and guilt, grand narratives and contested spaces, all of tremendous significance for Europe's future." - Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Lindsay Young Professor of History and director of the Center for the Study of War and Society, University of Tennessee
"This collection represents a major contribution to our understanding of perhaps the most complex relationship in modern European history. This compelling analysis of the post-1989 Polish and German 'memory' of an often dark past is insightful, provocative, and unsettling, yet manages to leave the reader in an optimistic mood by explaining how these old neighbors can mend and are mending their fence." - Robert L. Nelson, associate professor of History, University of Windsor
"A bright constellation of insightful, accessible essays on contemporary remembrance and embrace of the intricately intertwined German-Polish-Jewish past, authored by a multinational array of today's leading cultural analysts and historians. This valuable book highlights newly meaningful, often positive legacies that are emerging from the shadows of the communist era and the mid-twentieth century's tragedies." - William Hagen, professor emeritus of History, University of California, Davis
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
JOANNA NIZYNSKAAssociate Professor of Polish Literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Germany, Poland and Postmemorial Relations
Book Subtitle: In Search of a Livable Past
Editors: Kristin Kopp, Joanna Niżyńska
Series Title: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137052056
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33730-5Published: 24 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34081-1Published: 24 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-05205-6Published: 07 May 2012
Series ISSN: 2946-3637
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3645
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 287
Topics: Cultural History, European Politics, History of Germany and Central Europe, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, European History, Modern History