Italy's Divided Memory

Foot, John

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“…This appropriation is partly in line with Halbwachs' conception of memory. However, Winter and Sivan (1999) argue that the more individual dimension of memory, which they call “passive memory” and understand as a noncommunicative form of recall, is an inherently individual form of memory which cannot be accessed by others; in their view, it is the very act of communication that allows the transformation of a “passive memory” into a “collective memory.” Other historians have used other qualifiers to discuss the forms that mnemonic narratives can take in the public sphere, writing of national, public, divided, shared, contested or conflicting memories (Bodnar, 1992; Clifford, 2013; Foot, 2009; Herf, 1997). These qualifiers aim to emphasize the recognition and scope of a form of discourse on an event, or the existence of competing discourses surrounding the same event.…”

Section: Collective Memory and Autobiographical Memory: An Interdisci...mentioning

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Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Perspectives from the humanities and cognitive sciences

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Rathbone

Gensburger

et al. 2022

WIRES Cognitive Science

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The current overview provides an interdisciplinary synthesis of autobiographical and collective memory studies, focusing on history and cognitive psychology, to help other scholars bridge the disciplinary gap. We describe the various interpretative frameworks used to build theoretical knowledge on how autobiographical memory and collective memory are intertwined. We expose how research exploring self, social and directive functions of autobiographical memory echoes three main functions that can be identified for collective memory, that is, social identity, social schemata, and means for actions, or a political decision tool of research in these fields. In doing so, we hope to stimulate opportunities for more interdisciplinary research.

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Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Perspectives from the humanities and cognitive sciences

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Rathbone

Gensburger

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WIRES Cognitive Science

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“…The bombs simply 'fell'. 29 The statue of Pope Pius XII comforting the victims of the San Lorenzo bombing celebrates the empathy and compassion a public figure. This contrasts with recurring allegations of public silence in the face of genocide and the objections to the Vatican's ambiguous policy towards Hitler and Mussolini.…”

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Public History and Contested Heritage

Hughes

Fedele²,

Gaiaschi³

et al. 2020

Public History Review

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This article presents a case study of a collaborative public history project between participants in two countries, the United Kingdom and Italy. Its subject matter is the bombing war in Europe, 1939-1945, which is remembered and commemorated in very different ways in these two countries: the sensitivities involved thus constitute not only a case of public history conducted at the national level but also one involving contested heritage. An account of the ways in which public history has developed in the UK and Italy is presented. This is followed by an explanation of how the bombing war has been remembered in each country. In the UK, veterans of RAF Bomber Command have long felt a sense of neglect, largely because the deliberate targeting of civilians has not fitted comfortably into the dominant victor narrative. In Italy, recollections of being bombed have remained profoundly dissonant within the received liberation discourse. The International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive (or Archive) is then described as a case study that employs a public history approach, focusing on various aspects of its inclusive ethos, intended to preserve multiple perspectives. The Italian component of the project is highlighted, problematising the digitisation of contested heritage within the broader context of twentieth-century history. Reflections on the use of digital archiving practices and working in partnership are offered, as well as a brief account of user analytics of the Archive through its first eighteen months online.

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“…Indeed, the conflictual driving forces in postwar Italy of anti-fascism and anti-communism, on top of the long-lasting divisions along these ideological lines flowing from the internal conflict at the war's end (Ginsborg, 1990, pp. 72–120), 24 mean that issues of Fascist connections (although not the only conflictual forces at play in modern Italy nor evident in homogeneous forms) are still relevant and a source of sociopolitical tension today (Bosworth, 2006, chapter 18; Foot, 2009, chapters 3, 5 and 7). Although it has been noted that for some Italians such matters are merely a detail in the country's complex political ‘topography’ (Jones, 2008, pp.…”

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Tainted law? The Italian Penal Code, Fascism and democracy

Skinner

2011

International Journal of Law in Context

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The current Italian Penal Code is the direct descendant of the 1930 Rocco Code. Originally a hybrid of authoritarian and liberal elements, but revised and reinterpreted in the post-war Republic, the Code was nevertheless introduced under the Fascists and has not been definitively reformed or renamed. Given such roots, this article argues that the Code's legitimacy can be questioned by considering the significance of the Fascist past in terms of the Code's symbolic, contextually narrative and memorial dimensions. On this basis the article develops a concept of tainted law in order to ground and direct analysis of law in relation to the anti-democratic past, arguing that critical engagement with the connections between law and the darker episodes of twentieth-century politico-legal history is vital to the construction and conservation of democratic legal systems today.

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Italy's Divided Memory

Cited by 81 publications

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Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Perspectives from the humanities and cognitive sciences

Collective memory and autobiographical memory: Perspectives from the humanities and cognitive sciences

Public History and Contested Heritage

Tainted law? The Italian Penal Code, Fascism and democracy

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