Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory (Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies)

In The Last Few Decades, We Have Witnessed A Rearticulation Of The Traditional Relationship Between The Categories Of Past, Present And Future In Western Societies. It Has Enabled The Historian's Gaze To Shift More Freely Than Ever Before So That The Past No Longer Appears As Something Final And Irreversible But Persists In Many Ways In The Present. The Recognition Of This New Situation Has Given Rise To A Novel Approach In Historical Research, Called 'mnemohistory' By Jan Assmann. Mnemohistory Is Interested Not So Much In The Factuality As In The Actuality Of The Past ₆ Not In The Past For Its Own Sake, But In Its Later Impact And Reception. This Volume Looks At The Perspectives Of Mnemohistory, Argues For A Redefinition Of The Notion Of 'event', And Proposes To Conceptualize The Link Between 'event' And 'mnemohistory' By Re-introducing The Concept Of 'afterlife' (nachleben), First Employed By Aby Warburg In The 1910s. Introduction: Afterlife Of Events: Perspectives Of Mnemohistory; Marek Tamm -- Part I: Theoretical Reflections -- 1. Historical Event Between The Sphinx And The Phoenix; Fraṅois Dosse -- 2. Events, Proper Names, And The Rise Of Memory; Nikolay Koposov -- 3. Accelerating Change And Trigger Events; Olivier Remaud -- 4. Theories Of Cultural Memory And The Concept Of 'afterlife'; Aleida Assmann -- 5. Literature And The Afterlife Of Events: The Lost And Haunted World Of Austerlitz; Siobhan Kattago -- Part Ii: Empirical Analyses -- 6. Exodus And Memory; Jan Assmann -- 7. Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath And Cultural Memory (post-1798 Ireland); Joep Leerssen -- 8. Celebrating Final Victory In Estonia's 'great Battle For Freedom': The Short Afterlife Of 23 June 1919 As National Holiday, 1934-1939; Karsten Brggemann -- 9. Novemberland: 9th November, The German Master Example Of Hauntology; Claus Leggewie -- 10. German Pasts In A Russian City : Kaliningrad Between 1946 And 2006; Stefan Berger -- 11. Can A Criminal Event In The Past Disappear In A Garbage Bin In The Present? Dutch Colonial Memory And Human Rights: The Case Of Rawagede; Chris Lorenz -- 12. Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday 1972₆2010; Ann Rigney -- Afterthoughts On Afterlives; Peter Burke. Edited By Marek Tamm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In The Last Few Decades, We Have Witnessed A Rearticulation Of The Traditional Relationship Between The Categories Of Past, Present And Future In Western Societies. It Has Enabled The Historian's Gaze To Shift More Freely Than Ever Before So That The Past No Longer Appears As Something Final And Irreversible But Persists In Many Ways In The Present. The Recognition Of This New Situation Has Given Rise To A Novel Approach In Historical Research, Called 'mnemohistory' By Jan Assmann. Mnemohistory Is Interested Not So Much In The Factuality As In The Actuality Of The Past 6 Not In The Past For Its Own Sake, But In Its Later Impact And Reception. This Volume Looks At The Perspectives Of Mnemohistory, Argues For A Redefinition Of The Notion Of 'event', And Proposes To Conceptualize The Link Between 'event' And 'mnemohistory' By Re-introducing The Concept Of 'afterlife' (nachleben), First Employed By Aby Warburg In The 1910s. Introduction: Afterlife Of Events: Perspectives Of Mnemohistory; Marek Tamm -- Part I: Theoretical Reflections -- 1. Historical Event Between The Sphinx And The Phoenix; Fraṅois Dosse -- 2. Events, Proper Names, And The Rise Of Memory; Nikolay Koposov -- 3. Accelerating Change And Trigger Events; Olivier Remaud -- 4. Theories Of Cultural Memory And The Concept Of 'afterlife'; Aleida Assmann -- 5. Literature And The Afterlife Of Events: The Lost And Haunted World Of Austerlitz; Siobhan Kattago -- Part Ii: Empirical Analyses -- 6. Exodus And Memory; Jan Assmann -- 7. Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath And Cultural Memory (post-1798 Ireland); Joep Leerssen -- 8. Celebrating Final Victory In Estonia's 'great Battle For Freedom': The Short Afterlife Of 23 June 1919 As National Holiday, 1934-1939; Karsten Brggemann -- 9. Novemberland: 9th November, The German Master Example Of Hauntology; Claus Leggewie -- 10. German Pasts In A Russian City : Kaliningrad Between 1946 And 2006; Stefan Berger -- 11. Can A Criminal Event In The Past Disappear In A Garbage Bin In The Present? Dutch Colonial Memory And Human Rights: The Case Of Rawagede; Chris Lorenz -- 12. Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday 197262010; Ann Rigney -- Afterthoughts On Afterlives; Peter Burke. Edited By Marek Tamm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Recently, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the past, present and future, broadening historiography's range from studying past events to their later impact and meaning. The volume proposes to look at the perspectives of this approach called mnemohistory, and argues for a redefinition of the term 'event'. In the last few decades, we have witnessed a rearticulation of the traditional relationship between the categories of past, present and future in Western societies. It has enabled the historian's gaze to shift more freely than ever before so that the past no longer appears as something final and irreversible but persists in many ways in the present. The recognition of this new situation has given rise to a novel approach in historical research, called 'mnemohistory' by Jan Assmann. Mnemohistory is interested not so much in the factuality as in the actuality of the past - not in the past for its own sake, but in its later impact and reception. This volume looks at the perspectives of mnemohistory, argues for a redefinition of the notion of 'event', and proposes to conceptualize the link between 'event' and 'mnemohistory' by re-introducing the concept of 'afterlife' (Nachleben), first employed by Aby Warburg in the 1910s Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory....Pages 1-23 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Historical Event between the Sphinx and the Phoenix....Pages 27-43 Events, Proper Names and the Rise of Memory....Pages 44-61 Accelerating Change and Trigger Events....Pages 62-78 Theories of Cultural Memory and the Concept of ‘Afterlife’....Pages 79-94 Literature and the Afterlife of Events: The Lost and Haunted World of Austerlitz....Pages 95-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 Exodus and Memory....Pages 115-133 Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath and Cultural Memory (Post-1798 Ireland)....Pages 134-153 Celebrating Final Victory in Estonia’s ‘Great Battle for Freedom’: The Short Afterlife of 23 June 1919 as National Holiday, 1934–1939....Pages 154-177 Novemberland: 9 November, the German Master Example of Hauntology....Pages 178-195 German Pasts in a Russian City — Kaliningrad between 1946 and 2006....Pages 196-218 Can a Criminal Event in the Past Disappear in a Garbage Bin in the Present? Dutch Colonial Memory and Human Rights: The Case of Rawagede....Pages 219-241 Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday, 1972–2010....Pages 242-261 Afterthoughts on Afterlives....Pages 262-275 Back Matter....Pages 276-281