Centers and peripheries in the public memory and the research of the Holocaust Cover Image

Центрове и периферии в публичната памет и изследванията на Холокоста
Centers and peripheries in the public memory and the research of the Holocaust

Author(s): Daniela Decheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Jewish studies, Sociology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: center; periphery; Holocaust; memory politics; memory culture

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the current transnational discourse on the Holocaust (policies, public memory, research) through the concept of center and periphery in two aspects: a) in regard to national societies; b) in regard to historical content. National contexts representative of the center and of various degrees of the periphery are considered. Thе analysis leads to the conclusion that targeted political measures in recent decades have established Holocaust memory and research as a filter for self-analysis of European national societies, as an indicator of the level of their democracy and even of their foreign policy positioning.

  • Issue Year: 3/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 134-151
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian