Keywords
politics of history
hybrid public spheres
antagonism–agonism–deliberation (AAD)
democratic legitimacy
deliberative democracy
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Abstract
This article develops a theory-driven framework for analysing cultural and communicative memory across traditional and digital public spheres. Building on political legitimacy theory, it shifts attention from substantive claims invoked by memory regimes to discursive modes through which memory is enacted in hybrid public spheres. The framework links narrative articulations of cultural memory with interactional modes of contestation (antagonism, agonism, and deliberation) and with discursive functions through which public remembrance gains political significance. Although technical components of the analytical architecture have been piloted elsewhere, this article provides the first full theoretical elaboration of the framework and illustrates it across national, cross-border, and transnational commemorative fields.
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