Ethnicization of Memory through the Constitution: from Regimes of Exclusions to Violent Conflicts?
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2023

This paper focuses on the relationship between collective memory and national identity through the lens of Constitutions. It first reconstructs the existing theoretical framework that links Constitutions to collective memory and then shows how and to what extent Constitutions, by dealing with the past, can be used as tools to create regimes of exclusions and divisions, and even legitimize armed conflicts. The focus is on countries of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe as their Constitutio