Meaning of national amnesia | Babel Free

Definitions

A nationwide loss of memories about an event, time or cultural phenomenon.

Examples

“The country seems to have a national amnesia about its past.”

“[…]I don't want to remember, black people don't want to remember, white people don't want to remember. I mean, it's national amnesia.”

“Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are.”

“[…] for its subjects to be able to forget the history of bloody conquest and empire-building if they are to partake in a collective identity as members of such sovereignty. But such collective, national amnesia—at both the individual and the national levels—is precisely what Kundera takes issue with[…]”

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