Jacob S. Eder. Holocaust Angst: The Federal Republic of Germany and American Holocaust Memory since the 1970s.

Memory Unbound The Holocaust and the Formation of Cosmopolitan Memory

This article analyzes the distinctive forms that collective memories take in the age of globalization. It studies the transition from national to cosmopolitan memory cultures. Cosmopolitanism refers to a process of ‘internal globalization’ through which global concerns become part of local experiences of an increasing number of people. Global media representations, among others, create new cosm...

The Federal Republic of Germany

Like every federal order the German system is characterized by the principle of “strict separation” of powers and functions between the federal government (Bund) and the states (Länder). Both are vested with the three branches of public power: the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary. And each is responsible and accountable for its own acts and decisions, even if a federal law delegate...

German Memory of the Holocaust: The Emergence of Counter-Memorials

Animation: textural difference and the materiality of Holocaust memory

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The Holocaust and Moral Education

F""("1he belief that schoo~ hav.e a resp?nsibility t~ teach ~ values is a very old Idea m Amencan education. In recent years, however, the aims and methods of programs in moral education have become a subject of intense debate. Some critics believe that such programs distract schools from their essential academic mission. Religious conservatives, wary of curricula that they perceive as favoring...