Talk:Politics of memory

Recent edits
The see also link to social amnesia and the further reading section were removed. I'm not sure why. Here's that section:

siome links to consider
(Lihaas (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2011 (UTC)).

Clarity, copyediting needed
I'll give one example, from the lead: "instituted a politics of memory for the generation born after war". That would be "the war", for instance, and "instituted" is a rather confusing term to use here. There are multiple other examples. Allens (talk) 03:50, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup. This article reads like it came out of google translate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.91.105.74 (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

I removed most of such paras. Zezen (talk) 12:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Merge from Politics of history
The new article was started on basically same topics. Obviously, its author (and me) was not aware of the very old article, existing in many languages. Staszek Lem (talk) 18:31, 25 October 2020 (UTC)


 * It seems like politics of memory is a broader concept while politics of history is specific to the field of historiography, the writing of history texts. This recent edit that equated them as being the same thing might be original research. -- Green  C  18:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a complex subject. I could find only one source that speaks to the difference in meaning between 'politics of history' vs. 'politics of memory' here. He says the terms can be used interchangeably and politics of memory is his preferred usage since it is more encompassing. The terms used together in other texts here and here and here, but how they are differentiated is unclear. -- Green  C  19:06, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * this author basically says that "politics of history" is a preferred term in Europe, while he himself uses the term "politics of memory". I can attest this for at least 4 countries: Germany, Poland, Russian, and Croatia. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * re: "used interchangeably" ...."how to differentiate is unclear" -- exactly. It will be impossible split hairs into two articles. It is good you found a reference which tried to draw some difference, and therefore this may be covered in the common article. But keeping two articles will inevitably lead to WP:FORK, since, as you say, the term is used interchangeably. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:50, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * recent edit...equated... original research - lede say: "politics of memory may determine the way history is written and passed on, hence the terms history politics or politics of history." - per my emphasis, in fact, this edit does not equate them and in fact, as you say, it means that PoM is broader than  PoH. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 13:57, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Efficacy and moral relativity
Xx236 (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Unsourced
 * One case, ignoring the context of Battle of Britain, The Holocaust, lack of German resistance against Nazi government.

Ukraine
https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/2147 The authors believe that Ukraine should have a strategy. Xx236 (talk) 08:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Nasrallah
The source is about Ancient Greece and Rome, the subjects are ignored here. The subject should be discussed here. Xx236 (talk) 09:34, 20 January 2023 (UTC)