Collective memory in international relations / Kathrin Bachleitner

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Cover -- Collective Memory in International Relations -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Collective Memory in International Relations -- The Argument -- Research Design -- Case Selection -- Research Methods -- Structure of the Book -- 1: Temporal Security in IR: Combining Ontological Security with Collective Memory -- Conceptualizing Ontological Security: The Security of Being -- The Nexus between State Identity and State Behaviour -- Anxiety, Shame, and the Ongoing Self-Reflective Struggle over Being -- Ontological Continuity Instead of Security -- The Self 's Temporal Dimension -- Theorizing Collective Memory: The Securing of Identity -- Collective Memory as a Social Process -- Collective Memory as a Country's Historical Identity -- Collective Memory as a National Narrative -- Towards a Temporal Conceptualization of State Identity -- Building Temporal Security: The Security of Being-in-Time -- Manifesting Collective Memory in International Relations: Memory as a Country's Strategy, Identity, Behaviour, and Values -- Structure of the Following Chapters -- 2: Memory as Political Strategy -- The Origins of a Country's Memory -- Who Wants to Remember? -- Memory as an International Strategy -- The Case Study: Former Nazi States on the Post-WorldcWar II International Stage -- The International Memory Context in the Post-World War II Decade -- The Origins of the West German Memory of Guilt -- Reparations for Israel -- The Origins of the Austrian Memory of Victimhood -- Credit Agreement Instead of Reparations for Israel -- Conclusion: Memory Originates as an International Strategy -- 3: Memory as Public Identity -- Memory Becomes a Country's Identity -- The Case Study: Former Nazi States React to the Trial of Adolf Eichmann.

Adolf Eichmann on Trial in Jerusalem -- Shame and Confrontation: The West German Public Watches the Eichmann Trial -- Outrage and Irritation: The Austrian Public Watches the Eichmann Trial -- 'Bring the Full Truth to Light and Do Justice!': The Official West German Reaction to the Trial -- 'Eichmann Was Not Austrian!': The Official Austrian Reaction to the Trial -- Signalling Moral Responsibility: The West German Delegation to Jerusalem -- Defending Innocence: The Austrian Delegation to Jerusalem -- Conclusion: Memory with Time Forms Public Identity -- 4: Memory as State Behaviour -- Memory Channels a Country's Behaviour -- The Memory-State Behaviour Nexus -- The Emotion of Shame as the Corrective for State Behaviour -- The Case Study: Former Nazi States React to the Middle East Conflict -- The Six Day War of 1967 -- The Public Perception of the Six Day War in West Germany and Austria -- Varying Reasons behind Public Support for Israel in West Germany and Austria -- Former Nazi States Take Sides in the Middle East Conflict -- The Persistent Influence of the Threat of Shame: The West German Reaction in 1973 -- Avoiding Shame: The Austrian Decision in 1967 -- Avoiding Shame by Confirming Victimhood: The AustrianReaction in 1973 -- The Quest for Physical Security: Predicted Behaviour for West Germany and Austria -- The Quest for Ontological Security: Predicted Behaviour for West Germany and Austria -- The Quest for Temporal Security: West Germany and Austria during the Middle East Conflict -- Avoiding Shame: The West German Decision in 1967 -- Conclusion: Memory over Time Forms State Behaviour -- 5: Memory as National Values -- Memory as the Source for a Country's Values -- The Ethics of Memory and IR -- The Practices of Memory Generate Values -- From the Imperative to Remember to the Duty to Act.

The Case Study: Germany and Austria Respond to the European Refugee Crisis -- The German Response to the Refugee Crisis -- The Memory of Germany's Nazi Legacy -- The Partition-Unification Memory -- The Immigration Memory -- Different Memories, Different Normative Horizons -- The Austrian Response to the Refugee Crisis -- The Memory of Europe's Nationalisms -- The Memory of Immigration -- The Narrative of Austria's Neutrality -- Conclusion: Memory over Time Forms National Values -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book traces the influence of collective memory in International Relations through time. It presents an important and novel theoretical framework for the academic discipline of IR and illustrates the theories in a comparative study of two cases: (West) Germany and Austria after World War II.