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Heysel and its Symbolic Value in Europe’s Collective Memory

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European Football and Collective Memory

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We all have multiple identities. Depending on the context, we feel attached to quite different types of communities or groups in which we experience a sense of togetherness. That may be our family, a sports club, a religious group, a town, region, nation, etc. (cf. François and Schulze, 2005, p. 7; Mittag, 2007, p. 176). The source for this sense of togetherness, among other factors, might be a shared language, a shared set of values or — more importantly for the present purpose — might stem from experiences and events we have lived through concertedly with others. The memories deriving from these experiences and events are then stored in the group’s collective memory.

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Kech, C. (2015). Heysel and its Symbolic Value in Europe’s Collective Memory. In: Pyta, W., Havemann, N. (eds) European Football and Collective Memory. Football Research in an Enlarged Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137450159_9

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