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The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility
Jeffrey K. Olick
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Description for The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility
Paperback. Memory can foster any number of things - social solidarity, nostalgia, civil war - but it always depends on both the nature of the past and the cultures doing the remembering. This book is a collection of essays on a range of memory related issues. Num Pages: 238 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHMC; JMH; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 352.
In the past decade, Jeffrey Olick has established himself as one of the world's pre-eminent sociologists of memory (and, related to this, both cultural sociology and social theory). His recent book on memory in postwar Germany, In the House of the Hangman (University of Chicago Press, 2005) has garnered a great deal of acclaim. This book collects his best essays on a range of memory related issues and adds a couple of new ones. It is more conceptually expansive than his other work and will serve as a great introduction to this important theorist. In the past quarter century, the ... Read more
In the past decade, Jeffrey Olick has established himself as one of the world's pre-eminent sociologists of memory (and, related to this, both cultural sociology and social theory). His recent book on memory in postwar Germany, In the House of the Hangman (University of Chicago Press, 2005) has garnered a great deal of acclaim. This book collects his best essays on a range of memory related issues and adds a couple of new ones. It is more conceptually expansive than his other work and will serve as a great introduction to this important theorist. In the past quarter century, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
352g
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415956833
SKU
V9780415956833
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About Jeffrey K. Olick
Jeffrey K. Olick is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Virginia. His previous books include In the House of the Hangman: The Agonies of German Defeat, 1943-1949 (Chicago 2005) and States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection (Duke 2003).
Reviews for The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility
Olick's book is imaginative, thorough, and demanding: it sparkles with facts, ideas, concepts, and fascinating historical dynamics. The presentation is powerful and persuasive. While the books offers one of the most interesting and holistic presentations of collective memory, it goes well beyond it - to the complex meanings of modernity.
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