Identity and Collective Memory

Essay # 65509

International Relations
Political Science
Psychology > Memory

Examines the impact of collective remembering on national identity.

1,223 words () | 11 sources | MLA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

Collective war remembrance and forgetting are both important factors in shaping national identity. The paper explores how the collective remembrance of war adds coherence and strength to pre-existing national identities in four important ways.

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"The cohesion may include an element of exclusivity. In earlier years, the Jewish diaspora was sometimes accused of commemorating the Holocaust in such a way as to exclude commemoration of non-Jews such as the Roma and Sinti. Conversely, Romani Holocaust commemoration emphasizes the uniqueness of the Romani and Sinti genocide with its frequent mention of the uniquely high percentage of those populations killed."

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Identity and Collective Memory (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Identity-and-Collective-Memory/65509