Memorialising the Holocaust in Human Rights Museums /
Antweiler, Katrin
Memorialising the Holocaust in Human Rights Museums / Katrin Antweiler. - 1 online resource (X, 242 p.) - Media and Cultural Memory , 37 1613-8961 ; .
Diss.
Frontmatter -- Endorsement -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Of Memorialisation and Citizenship Ideals: Introduction to a Constellation of Contemporary Memory -- 2 Theorising a Constellation of Contemporary Memory: Governmentality, Coloniality and Public Memorialisation -- 3 The Emergence of the Holocaust-Human Rights Nexus -- 4 The Interplay of Holocaust Memory and Human Rights Museology -- 5 The Memorium Nuremberg Trials: Promoting the Rule of Law -- 6 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Prescribing Benevolence -- 7 The South African Holocaust & Genocide Centre: Safeguarding Democracy -- 8 Memory as a Means of Government -- 9 The Museum of Doubt: A Thought Experiment -- 10 Towards Pluriversal Memory: A Conclusion -- 11 Bibliography -- Index of Names
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book provides an analysis of the forms and functions of Holocaust memorialisation in human rights museums by asking about the impact of global memory politics on how we imagine the present and the future. It compares three human rights museums and their respective emplotment of the Holocaust and seeks to illuminate how, in this specific setting, memory politics simultaneously function as future politics because they delineate a normative ideal of the citizen-subject, its set of values and aspirations for the future: that of the historically aware human rights advocate. More than an ethical practice, engaging with the Holocaust is used as a means of asserting one’s standing on "the right side of history"; the memorialisation of the Holocaust has thus become a means of governmentality, a way of governing contemporary citizen-subjects. The linking of public memory of the Holocaust with the human rights project is often presented as highly beneficial for all members of what is often called the "global community". Yet this book argues that this specific constellation of memory also has the ability to function as an exercise of power, and thus runs the risk of reinforcing structural oppression. With its novel theoretical approach this book not only contributes to Memory Studies but also connects Holocaust memory to Studies of Global Governmentality and the debate on decolonising memory politics.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110787979 9783110788211 9783110788044
10.1515/9783110788044 doi
Holocaust memorials.
Human rights--Museums.
Demokratische Erziehung.
Global citizenship.
Gouvernementalität.
Mnemonischer Ungehorsam.
Politik.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Global citizenship. democracy education. future politics. global governmentality. mnemonic disobedience.
940
Memorialising the Holocaust in Human Rights Museums / Katrin Antweiler. - 1 online resource (X, 242 p.) - Media and Cultural Memory , 37 1613-8961 ; .
Diss.
Frontmatter -- Endorsement -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Of Memorialisation and Citizenship Ideals: Introduction to a Constellation of Contemporary Memory -- 2 Theorising a Constellation of Contemporary Memory: Governmentality, Coloniality and Public Memorialisation -- 3 The Emergence of the Holocaust-Human Rights Nexus -- 4 The Interplay of Holocaust Memory and Human Rights Museology -- 5 The Memorium Nuremberg Trials: Promoting the Rule of Law -- 6 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Prescribing Benevolence -- 7 The South African Holocaust & Genocide Centre: Safeguarding Democracy -- 8 Memory as a Means of Government -- 9 The Museum of Doubt: A Thought Experiment -- 10 Towards Pluriversal Memory: A Conclusion -- 11 Bibliography -- Index of Names
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book provides an analysis of the forms and functions of Holocaust memorialisation in human rights museums by asking about the impact of global memory politics on how we imagine the present and the future. It compares three human rights museums and their respective emplotment of the Holocaust and seeks to illuminate how, in this specific setting, memory politics simultaneously function as future politics because they delineate a normative ideal of the citizen-subject, its set of values and aspirations for the future: that of the historically aware human rights advocate. More than an ethical practice, engaging with the Holocaust is used as a means of asserting one’s standing on "the right side of history"; the memorialisation of the Holocaust has thus become a means of governmentality, a way of governing contemporary citizen-subjects. The linking of public memory of the Holocaust with the human rights project is often presented as highly beneficial for all members of what is often called the "global community". Yet this book argues that this specific constellation of memory also has the ability to function as an exercise of power, and thus runs the risk of reinforcing structural oppression. With its novel theoretical approach this book not only contributes to Memory Studies but also connects Holocaust memory to Studies of Global Governmentality and the debate on decolonising memory politics.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110787979 9783110788211 9783110788044
10.1515/9783110788044 doi
Holocaust memorials.
Human rights--Museums.
Demokratische Erziehung.
Global citizenship.
Gouvernementalität.
Mnemonischer Ungehorsam.
Politik.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Global citizenship. democracy education. future politics. global governmentality. mnemonic disobedience.
940