Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Europe’s Divided Memory....Pages 25-41
Human Rights and European Remembrance....Pages 43-58
European Memory: Between Jewish and Cosmopolitan....Pages 59-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Between Paris and Warsaw: Multidirectional Memory, Ethics, and Historical Responsibility....Pages 81-101
Theory as Memory Practice: The Divided Discourse on Poland’s Postcoloniality....Pages 103-124
Occupation versus Colonization: Post-Soviet Latvia and the Provincialization of Europe....Pages 125-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Murder in the Cemetery: Memorial Clashes over the Victims of the Soviet-Polish Wars....Pages 149-171
Living among the Ghosts of Others: Urban Postmemory in Eastern Europe....Pages 173-193
Toward Cosmopolitan Mourning: Belarusian Literature between History and Politics....Pages 195-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Why Digital Memory Studies Should Not Overlook Eastern Europe’s Memory Wars....Pages 219-231
Memory Wars in Post-Soviet Ukraine (1991–2010)....Pages 233-254
The Struggle for History: The Past as a Limited Resource....Pages 255-265
Back Matter....Pages 267-279