Title Collective memory in international relations / Kathrin Bachleitner

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations Summary Kathrin Bachleitner traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations through time. The book presents an important and novel theoretical framework for the academic discipline of IR and illustrates the theories in a comparative study of two cases: (West) Germany and Austria after World War II This book traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations (IR). It inquires where a country's memory first emerges and how it guides states through time in world politics, and locates the origins of national memory in political strategies within the international environment. The study then turns to the domestic landscape, where among a country's public, it finds memory to be the carrier of national identity over time. From there, however, the analysis reverts to the international here: in the medium term, collective memory begins to channel international state behaviour, whereas, in the long run, it circumvents a country's normative horizons. In this book, collective memory is thus assumed to become manifest in world politics in four varying forms: as a country's political strategy, as its public identity, as underwriting its international state behaviour, and finally, as a source for its national values. All four theorized manifestations of memory are tested in a comparative study of (West) Germany and Austria and the impact their diverse post-war interpretations of the Nazi legacy had on their international policies over time. With the illustrative help of the empirical cases, the book not only explores whether collective memory has an influence on political outcomes but how and why it matters for IR Notes This edition also issued in print: 2021 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed August 10, 2021) Subject International relations -- Social aspects Collective memory -- Political aspects Collective memory -- Germany (West) -- History Collective memory -- Austria -- History -- 20th century Collective memory International relations -- Social aspects Austria Germany (West) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191916182 0191916188 9780192648648 0192648640

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