Collective memory in international relations Bachleitner, Kathrin 1984- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2021 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations. Kathrin Bachleitner traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations through time. The book presents an important and novel theoretical framework for the academic discipline of IR and illustrates the theories in a comparative study of two cases: (West) Germany and Austria after World War II. This book traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations (IR). It inquires where a country's memory first emerges and how it guides states through time in world politics, and locates the origins of national memory in political strategies within the international environment. The study then turns to the domestic landscape, where among a country's public, it finds memory to be the carrier of national identity over time. From there, however, the analysis reverts to the international here: in the medium term, collective memory begins to channel international state behaviour, whereas, in the long run, it circumvents a country's normative horizons. In this book, collective memory is thus assumed to become manifest in world politics in four varying forms: as a country's political strategy, as its public identity, as underwriting its international state behaviour, and finally, as a source for its national values. All four theorized manifestations of memory are tested in a comparative study of (West) Germany and Austria and the impact their diverse post-war interpretations of the Nazi legacy had on their international policies over time. With the illustrative help of the empirical cases, the book not only explores whether collective memory has an influence on political outcomes but how and why it matters for IR. Kathrin Bachleitner. This edition also issued in print: 2021. Includes bibliographical references and index. International relations Social aspects Collective memory Political aspects Collective memory Germany (West) History Collective memory Austria History 20th century Relations internationales Aspect social Mémoire collective Aspect politique Mémoire collective Allemagne (Ouest) Histoire Mémoire collective Autriche Histoire 20e siècle Collective memory International relations Social aspects Austria Germany (West) 1900-1999 fast JZ1251 .B33 2021 327.101 Collective memory in international relations Bachleitner, Kathrin, 1984- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 First edition. (OCoLC)1198713975 9780191916182 0191916188 9780192648648 0192648640 9780192895363 0192895362 9780192648631 0192648632 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/39491 STBDS 210126 20260319184331.8 in00005720638 eng