@inbook{fb5e232578814a9997cd75676214408b,
title = "From Remembrance to Militarisation",
abstract = "According to the American sociologist Barry Schwarz, commemoration is {\textquoteleft}a register of sacred history{\textquoteright} and an embodiment of {\textquoteleft}our deepest and most fundamental values{\textquoteright} (1982, p. 377). The paradox of contemporary commemoration lies in the obsessive desire of both societies, Britain and Russia, to {\textquoteleft}forget{\textquoteright} and ignore the ambivalent causes of modern conflicts. Both societies search for a solution for the two interconnected dilemmas {\textquoteleft}of how to honour the participant without reference to the cause{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}of how to ignore the cause without denying the participant{\textquoteright} (Wagner-Pacifici and Schwarz, 1991, p. 404). Surprisingly, both societies shy away from conceptualising modern warfare and opt for separating war{\textquoteright}s confusing causes from its participants. This symbolic separation allows for the powerful illusion of remembrance without politics.",
keywords = "Armed Force, Military Culture, Military Spending, Modern Warfare, Russian Society",
author = "Nataliya Danilova",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Nataliya Danilova.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1057/9781137395719_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-349-67939-3",
series = "Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "208--218",
booktitle = "The Politics of War Commemoration in the UK and Russia",
}