Publication at Faculty of Social Sciences |
2011
Abstract
Chapter deals with the transformation of the German historical memory of Nazism and 2 World War II in the "transition from living communicative memory to cultural memory" (Aleida Assmann) and with the effects of this process on German foreign policy identity and foreign policy culture. It addresses the specific forms of competition of leaving communities of memory and associated locations of memory (Lieux de mémoire), respectively the current forms of musealization collective memories on the 20th century.
In the conclusion are formulated possible foreign policy implications: German past is no longer a limit of foreign policy of the Berlin Republic, however, continues to be a landmark element in terms of values.