Memory Movement and State-Society Relationship in Chinese World War II Victims’ Reparations Movement Against Japan

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Abstract

The relationship between memory and the state is fundamental to collective memory study (Hobsbawm and Ranger 1983; Smith 1987; Gillis 1994; Spillman 1997; Olick 2003). The dominant approach to this relationship has been “instrumentalism” which regards memory as an ideological tool for the nation-state to legitimize itself, especially when an old ideology is fading or when a new nation-state is being built (Hobsbawm and Ranger 1983; Zerubavel 1995). When applied to totalitarian and authoritarian societies in the twentieth century, this view is incarnated in two theoretical approaches.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPalgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages166-189
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Publication series

NamePalgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
ISSN (Print)2634-6257
ISSN (Electronic)2634-6265

Keywords

  • Civil Society
  • Collective Memory
  • Opportunity Structure
  • Reparation Movement
  • Social Movement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Linguistics and Language

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