European Memory in Populism

Chiara De Cesari is an anthropologist and senior lecturer, with a double appointment in European studies and in cultural studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Ayhan Kaya is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism at the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University; Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence; and a member of the Science Academy, Turkey.

• Introduction Ayhan Kaya and Chiara De CesariChapter 1. (Why) do Eurosceptics believe in a common European heritage?Chiara De Cesari, Ivo Bosilkov, and Arianna PiacentiniChapter 2. Anti-totalitarian Monuments in Ljubljana and Brussels: From Nationalist Reconciliation to Open Rehabilitation of FascismGal KirnChapter 3. The Use of the Past in Populist Political Discourse: Justice and Development Party Rule in TurkeyAyhan Kaya and Ayşe TecmenChapter 4. ‘A great bliss to keep the sensation of conquest alive!’: The emotional politics of the Panorama 1453 Museum in IstanbulGönül Bozoğlu□Chapter 5. The Mediterranean as a mirror and ghost of the colonial past: The role of cultural memory in the production of populist narratives in ItalyGabriele ProglioChapter 6. Textures of urban fears: the affective geopolitics of the ‘oriental rug’Luiza Bialasiewicz and Lora SariaslanChapter 7. Social Media and Affective Publics: Populist Passion for Religious RootsErnst van den HemelChapter 8. Caring for Some and not Others: Museums and the Politics of Care in Post-Colonial EuropeMarkus Balkenhol and Wayne ModestChapter 9. European Culture, History, and Heritage as Political Tools in the Rhetoric of the Finns PartyTuuli LähdesmäkiChapter 10. Between appropriation and appropriateness: instrumentalizing dark heritage in populism and memory?Susannah EckersleyChapter 11. Memory Games and Populism in Postcommunist Poland Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski Chapter 12. Mizrahi Memory-of and Memory-against "the People:" remembering the 1950sHilla DayanFinal CommentaryLearning from the Past/s? Contesting Hegemonic MemoriesRuth Wodak,AfterwordAgainst Populism: Memory for an Age of TransformationAstrid Erll