Memory and Amnesia. The Role of the Spanish Civil War in Transition to Democracy

Abstract

Acronyms Glossary Acknowledgements Acknowledgements for the English Edition Foreword for the English Edition Preface Chapter 1. Regarding Memory, Learning and Amnesia The Generational Question Theoretical and Conceptual Framework Presentism Taxidermism Amnesia Learning Ceremonies and Monuments Methodology and Sources Chapter 2. From the Justification of War to the exaltation of Peace: The Development of Official Discourse during the Franco Period Alternating Legitimacy Origin-based Legitimacy and Performance-based Legitimacy Champions of Francoist Legitimacy From War to Peace Sources of Political Socialisation No-Do Historical Narrative Commemorations of the Civil War Monuments of the Victors Legendary Sites of the Defeated Policies of Reconciliation and Policies of Vengeance From Punishment to Forgiveness From Munich to the Organic Law of State Symbols and Myths Relating to the Civil War Towards the Convergence of Interpretations Mythical Constructions of Francoism Regarding the Civil War Regarding Reconciliation and the Defeated Chapter 3. The Memory of War and the Lessons of Peace in the Democratic Transition Economic and Social Characteristics of the Transition History as Magistra Vitae Institutional Structure Reconciliation Consensus Conclusion Bibliography Tables Graphs Appendices Index