Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory

This paper discusses the collective memory of communism in Sweden after 1989 and its role in the process of Europeanization. Sweden lacks the direct experience of communism and any such recollections are bound to be mediated. Such memories of experiences outside the Swedish political and social con...

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Autor principal:	Adrian Velicu
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	memory communism Sweden Europeanization paratopic Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:015e05d76fe24495ad22031422694de52021-11-27T13:14:30ZParatopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory10.12797/Politeja.15.2018.52.081733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/015e05d76fe24495ad22031422694de52019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/472https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 This paper discusses the collective memory of communism in Sweden after 1989 and its role in the process of Europeanization. Sweden lacks the direct experience of communism and any such recollections are bound to be mediated. Such memories of experiences outside the Swedish political and social context (para-contextual or para-topic instances) are examined in terms of transnational collective memory. That is why the analysis treats these memories as part of the process of Europeanization. The material amounts to institutional and rhetorical examples featuring the memory of communism. Three sets of concepts help scrutinize these sources: Klas-Göran Karlsson’s view of three-wave European integration (economic, political and cultural), Avishai Margalit’s distinction between ‘thick’ (family, nation) and ‘thin’ (humanity) communities of remembrance where the ethics of memory can work transnationally in a context of human rights, and Jeffrey Andrew Barash’s connection between ‘public memory’ and ‘imagination’. By discussing the material within this framework, the argument concludes that paratopic recollections and the dynamics of Europeanization converge, highlighting a new aspect in this process of integration. Adrian VelicuKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticlememorycommunismSwedenEuropeanizationparatopicLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 15, Iss 1(52) (2019)
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description	This paper discusses the collective memory of communism in Sweden after 1989 and its role in the process of Europeanization. Sweden lacks the direct experience of communism and any such recollections are bound to be mediated. Such memories of experiences outside the Swedish political and social context (para-contextual or para-topic instances) are examined in terms of transnational collective memory. That is why the analysis treats these memories as part of the process of Europeanization. The material amounts to institutional and rhetorical examples featuring the memory of communism. Three sets of concepts help scrutinize these sources: Klas-Göran Karlsson’s view of three-wave European integration (economic, political and cultural), Avishai Margalit’s distinction between ‘thick’ (family, nation) and ‘thin’ (humanity) communities of remembrance where the ethics of memory can work transnationally in a context of human rights, and Jeffrey Andrew Barash’s connection between ‘public memory’ and ‘imagination’. By discussing the material within this framework, the argument concludes that paratopic recollections and the dynamics of Europeanization converge, highlighting a new aspect in this process of integration.
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title	Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory
title_short	Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory
title_full	Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory
title_fullStr	Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory
title_full_unstemmed	Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory
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publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2019
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Paratopic Recollections. Communism in Swedish Collective Memory

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