Idols of the Emperor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Rethinking a Great Event: The October Revolution as Memory Project 17
6. Of Storytellers and Master Narratives: Modernity, Memory, and History in Fascist Italy 43
7. Idols of the Emperor 72
8. Confucius and the Cultural Revolution: A Study in Collective Memory 101
9. Institutional Legacies and Collective Memories: The Case of the Spanish Transition to Democracy 128
10. When Do Collective Memories Last?: Founding Moments in the United States and Australia 161
11. Legacies and Liabilities of an Insurgent Past: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. on the House and Senate Floor 193
12. Postnationalist Pasts: The Case of Israel 227
13. What Does It Mean to Normalize the Past?: Official Memory in German Politics since 1989 259
14. The ‘‘End’’ of the Postwar: Japan at the Turn of the Millennium 289
15. Calendars and History: A Comparative Study of the Social Organization of National Memory 315
16. Afterword: Borges and Brass 339
17. Contributors 347
18. Index 351