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“Good Nations” and “Bad Nations”: Critical Theory, Judgement and the Naturalisation of Memory

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“The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism: The Politics of Memory in Europe and Beyond” workshop held under the auspices of the Dynamics of Memory, Lancaster University, 11th March 2010. Thanks are due to Alison Diduck, David Hirsh, Robert Fine, David Sugarman, Ruth Wodak and the anonymous reviewers of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law for their helpful and contructive comments.

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Seymour, D.M. “Good Nations” and “Bad Nations”: Critical Theory, Judgement and the Naturalisation of Memory. Int J Semiot Law 25, 339–354 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-011-9227-8

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