Power of the past : a Habermasian approach to the study of collective war memories in international relations illustrated by recent Franco-German relations

The central question of this thesis is how to conceptualise the impact of collective war memories in international politics. The main theoretical argument developed in the work is that Jurgen Habermas' Critical Theory, in general, and his two concepts of social learning and political legitimacy...

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Main Author: Rast, Lothar
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434904