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State-Sponsored History After 1945: An Introduction

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In this introductory chapter, the editors present state-sponsored history as a broad analytical concept that can integrate existing strands of different literature dealing with the construction of history and public memory as well as contribute to the study of the modern state. It explains how the Handbook deals with the memorializing state (the processes) and the memorialized state (the product or outcome). In the first part we sketch state-sponsored history before 1945, mentioning amongst others the emergence of national heritage, new types of institutes and networks of professionals, commemorations and textbooks. The heart of the chapter is dedicated to the development of state-sponsored history after 1945. First this part deals with the increasing pressure on national sovereignty ‘from above’ (new international norms and regulations) and ‘from below’ (stronger communitarian demands for recognition). Second it deals with new types of states after 1945, including post-colonial states, the welfare state and the therapeutic state. Thirdly it deals with the new (participatory) knowledge economies. It puts forward the conclusion that despite the fact the modern state has lost some of its powers in several domains, its influence in the construction of history and public memory has increased and, despite the sometimes ambiguous outcomes, has become stronger after 1945.

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Bevernage, B., Wouters, N. (2018). State-Sponsored History After 1945: An Introduction. In: Bevernage, B., Wouters, N. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History After 1945. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95306-6_1

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