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Communities of Memory: On Identity, Memory, and Debt

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I take up the question of political identity as the continuity of a community across time. In particular, I examine what it means to think of a political community as the subject of attribution across generations, that is, what is meant when it is made the bearer of responsibility for the past and a custodian of the future. In doing that, I focus on identity, memory, and responsibility and discuss that cluster of concepts using as an illustrative example the idea of constitutional patriotism and its relationship to the past.

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  • Booth, W. James, 1999. "Communities of Memory: On Identity, Memory, and Debt," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 93(2), pages 249-263, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:93:y:1999:i:02:p:249-263_21
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    1. John Erik Fossum, 2007. "Constitutional patriotism: Canada and the European Union," RECON Online Working Papers Series 4, RECON.
    2. Bo Rothstein, 2000. "Trust, Social Dilemmas and Collective Memories," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 12(4), pages 477-501, October.

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