@article {127056,
	title = {Memory and the Euro-Crisis of Leadership: The Effects of Generational Change in Germany and the EU},
	journal = {Constellations},
	volume = {21},
	number = {2},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {239-48},
	abstract = {


Since 1945 Europeans have able to draw on shared memories of war and suffering to create the European Union. Recently, a new generation born after Europe{\textquoteright}s age of total war has taken over leadership of the continent. Since 2010 this cadre has been unable to solve the problems underlying the Eurozone crisis. I argue that generational dynamics {\textendash} which have been especially pronounced in Germany {\textendash} help to explain the economic nationalism exhibited during the crisis. Following the methodology of the Frankfurt School, I offer an empirically grounded diagnosis of the situation and the pathologies revealed in the passing of the generations of memory. I then chart paths for future transformation by reflecting on the role that the past can continue play in the future. I focus on how Europe{\textquoteright}s violent twentieth century can help bolster continental solidarity by becoming part of the broader European social imaginary.\&nbsp;


},
	url = {http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12088},
	author = {Verov{\v s}ek, Peter J.}
}
