Collective Amnesia in Ian McEwan's Lessons: A (New) World Order, Historical Memory and Phantom Pains of Greatness
Journal: Ostrava Journal of English Philology
Year: 2024

Collective memory is actualised when a social group or a nation endeavours to reconstruct significant historical events giving them a certain interpretation. Historical exploration of the sources of a new world order and its fragility involves imperialist narratives being the causes of some geopolitical conflicts. All the great empires inevitably lose their power and status, but some former empires still feel the phantom pains of their former greatness, which may have unforeseen historical conse