Pathways to Agonism: Memory Practices in Disputed Territories
Year: 2025

Pathways to Agonism applies the concept of an ‘agonistic memory framework’ from Western Europe to other regions experiencing recent or ongoing territorial conflicts. To do so, it orbits the overlooked and understudied regions of Central and Northern Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and South Asia. The chapter explains how a theory of agonistic memory, conceptualised by Anna Cento Bull and Hans Lauge Hansen, has served as the theoretical foundation of the book. It leans on an agonistic model of democ