Nationalism, Democracy, and Memory Laws

Soroka, George; Krawatzek, Félix

doi:10.1353/jod.2019.0032

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“…Ideological polarization and political antagonism that following former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero characterize the contemporary Spanish political environment (Contreras 2020, para. 4) have prevented dialogue among Spanish parties and the development of a consensual reading about the meaning of Spain's twentiethcentury history (Soroka and Krawatzek 2019). Understanding questions related to memory politics through the lenses of populism studies also allows addressing the future of liberal democracies.…”

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A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Memory Politics: Spanish Contemporary Memory Politics, Populism Studies, and Argumentative Dialectics

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2021

Journal of Nationalism, Memory &Amp; Language Politics

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This paper establishes a dialogue between populism studies, typologies of reconstruction of the past, and argumentative dialectics. The paper analyzes what types of argumentative strategies are employed in the context of the discussions regarding Spanish memory politics and how those strategies can be associated with typologies of re-elaboration of the past (Caramani and Manucci 2019). Building from argumentative dialectics (Van Eemeren and Grootendorst 2004), the paper studies argumentation structures uttered after the endorsement of the 2007 Spanish Historical Memory Law and the proposal of the 2021 Draft Democratic Memory Law. Departing from the distinction between diverse strategies of re-elaboration of the past, namely, heroization and cancellation (Caramani and Manucci 2019), the paper questions if Spanish decision-makers’ rhetorical strategies and political decisions in the field of memory politics disclose the adoption of particular types of populist behavior. The paper claims that the argumentative tactics used, in the domain of memory politics, by Spanish left-wing leaders reveal the adoption of a heroization strategy. In contrast, the rhetoric of Spanish right-wing leaders favors a strategy of cancellation. The paper also claims that, in the Spanish case, mainly from 2018 onwards, the adoption by Spanish left-wing leaders of a heroization strategy had two consequences. First, it did not reduce the cultural opportunity structure for right-wing populism. Second, it fostered a cultural opportunity structure for the affirmation of left-wing populism. The paper selected argumentative dialectics as a methodological framework (Van Eemeren and Grootendorst 2004). The paper discusses the scientific significance of analyzing memory politics through the lenses of populism studies.

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A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Memory Politics: Spanish Contemporary Memory Politics, Populism Studies, and Argumentative Dialectics

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2021

Journal of Nationalism, Memory &Amp; Language Politics

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“…This legislation, also known as the Yarovaya Law, effectively makes it illegal (under penalty of a monetary fine or incarceration) to criticize the Soviet Union's actions in World War II. For more details, see Kopsov (2017); Soroka and Krawatzek (2019).…”

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When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

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Krawatzek

2021

Problems of Post-Communism

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“…A blend of conservative historical patriotism and religiosity characterizes the tone set by the educational institutions. The ideologically inflected teaching of history is a central component of today's education in Russia, and is accompanied by larger society-wide initiatives such as the multimedia park "Russia-My History," 3 or legal shifts such as a law prescribing how to interpret the Red Army's role in the Great Patriotic War (Koposov 2017;Soroka and Krawatzek 2019).…”

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Which History Matters? Surveying Russian Youth and Their Understandings of the Past

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2020

Problems of Post-Communism

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To what extent do elite narratives about history shape what citizens make of the past? This article focuses on young Russians' understanding of history and provides insights into the effects of memory politics in authoritarian settings. The research uses original survey data of urban youth and demonstrates that the regime successfully determines what events are considered important. However, conflicts over their interpretation persist, particularly with regard to less emotionally charged signifiers and those to which respondents can relate personally. Given low variation by age, I suggest that we observe a period effect upon historical memory, rather than a generational effect.

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Nationalism, Democracy, and Memory Laws

Cited by 20 publications

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A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Memory Politics: Spanish Contemporary Memory Politics, Populism Studies, and Argumentative Dialectics

A Pragma-Dialectical Approach to Memory Politics: Spanish Contemporary Memory Politics, Populism Studies, and Argumentative Dialectics

When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

Which History Matters? Surveying Russian Youth and Their Understandings of the Past

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