Defending Memory in Global Politics: Mnemonical In/Security and Crisis

This book explores the securitization of memory in times of crisis using overlooked cases from the Global South and the Global North.

Instead of focusing exclusively on national identities and state actors, it explores various identities, including substate and transnational actors, and their role in “defending memory” during times of crisis. Embracing a broad definition of conflict that includes mnemonic, societal and armed conflicts, the expert contributors engage with political trauma, de...