Ímages of the "Other" and Danish politics of the past: anti-semitism, xenophobia and the dream of homogeneity:
TitleÍmages of the "Other" and Danish politics of the past: anti-semitism, xenophobia and the dream of homogeneity:
Call number909.82/0004
Object number10575L
Place of publicationVienna, Austria
PublisherPassagen
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionpp241-261
MaterialArticle
Series titlePassagen Gesellschaft.
NotesArticle from the book ''Justice and memory : confronting traumatic pasts : an international comparison' pp241-261
Description
Seen against the backdrop of the traumas of 20th century European history, Denmark seems to have been spared most of the civic strife and the catastrophes of the past century. For many years the Danish narrative was most often dominated by a sense of victimisation and pride in the resistance against Nazi persecution. The predominance of this benign understanding this has been challenged over recent years