Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim: An Interactional, Synchronic Approach to Collective Memory

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Thomas Van de Putte (University of Trento, Italy)

Contemporary Auschwitz/Oświęcim

An Interactional, Synchronic Approach to Collective Memory

Thomas Van de Putte (University of Trento, Italy)

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Research methods: general; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; The Holocaust; Society & culture: general; Sociology

Series: Memory Studies: Global Constellations

This book presents an innovative theoretical and empirical approach to the present attributions of meaning to the past. Based on the author’s fieldwork in the contemporary Polish town of Oświęcim – Auschwitz, in German – it observes the manner in which residents remember and narrate the past of their town, drawing on theoretical perspectives from the work of figures such as George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman. With attention to narratives concerning pre-war Catholic–Jewish coexistence, wartime Nazi occupation, the Holocaust and post-war Communist Poland, the author explores the complementary, fluid and contradictory nature of meaning-making processes in various contemporary interactional contexts, both online and offline. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in memory studies, the Holocaust and interactional sociology.

By: Thomas Van de Putte (University of Trento Italy)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367697310
ISBN 10: 0367697319
Series: Memory Studies: Global Constellations
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: A Synchronic, Interactional Approach to Collective Memory 2. A Critique of Memory Studies’ Epistemologie s 3. Collective Memory and the Self: Towards an Epistemology of ‘Dividuals’ 4. Interactional Memory Methods 5. The Politization of Auschwitz/Oświęcim since 1944: Memory Politics in Poland and Beyond 6. Including or Excluding Jews? An Analysis of Context-Dependent Othering in Auschwitz/Oświęcim 7. Ethnifying Agency: Inhabitants of Auschwitz/Oświęcim Narrating 1939–1945 8. Renegotiating Auschwitz: Attribution of Meaning to Spatial Realms in Auschwitz/Oświęcim 9. Conclusion

Thomas Van de Putte is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Italy.