The Transformation of Commemorative Practices In the Post-Heroic Society Analysed In The European Project «Cleo – Cultural Memory In Europe»

Résumé

A European identity rooted in shared belonging is no longer a distant ideal but an urgent necessity. In an era of growing populism and fragmented narratives across the continent, how we remember our past increasingly shapes the Europe we strive to build. Yet recent shifts in commemorative practices have complicated this goal, raising fundamental questions: Who gets remembered, and how? More crucially, what kind of Europe does that memory construct?