Politics of memory is the organisation of collective memory by political agents; the political means by which events are remembered and recorded, or discarded. Eventually, politics of memory may determine the way history is written and passed on, hence the terms history politics or politics of history.  Memories are also influenced by cultural forces, e.g. popular culture, as well as social norms. It has also been connected with the construction of identity. See also Politics of identity Nationalism Official history Censorship Social amnesia Damnatio memoriae Memory laws Invented tradition References 
Politics of memory is the organisation of collective memory by political agents; the political means by which events are remembered and recorded, or discarded. Eventually, politics of memory may determine the way history is written and passed on, hence the terms history politics or politics of history. The politics of history is the effects of political influence on the representation or study of historical topics, commonly associated with the totalitarian state which use propaganda and other means to impose a specific version of history with the goal of eliminating competing perspectives about the past. Nevertheless, the term is contested and there is no common agreement on its meaning which is often a matter of contextual use. Memories are also influenced by cultural forces, e.g. popular culture, as well as social norms. It has also been connected with the construction of identity. See also Censorship Damnatio memoriae Historical negationism Invented tradition Memory laws Nationalism Official history Politics of identity Social amnesia The Use and Abuse of History, Or, How the Past is Taught References Further reading The Politics of History in Comparative Perspective, special edition of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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The politics of history is the effects of political influence on the representation or study of historical topics, commonly associated with the totalitarian state which use propaganda and other means to impose a specific version of history with the goal of eliminating competing perspectives about the past. Nevertheless, the term is contested and there is no common agreement on its meaning which is often a matter of contextual use.
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Politics of identity Nationalism Official history Censorship Social amnesia Damnatio memoriae Memory laws Invented tradition
Censorship Damnatio memoriae Historical negationism Invented tradition Memory laws Nationalism Official history Politics of identity Social amnesia The Use and Abuse of History, Or, How the Past is Taught
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Further reading The Politics of History in Comparative Perspective, special edition of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science