ABSTRACT

This chapter describes that Ignacio Bresco and Brady Wagoner exploring how different perspectives can lead to different appraisals and memories of similar events from a cultural, psychological approach. Bresco and Wagoner examine the memories different Spaniards have of the peace process of 2006 in the Basque Country. In doing so, they find that the way they thematize the Basque conflict more generally shapes the way they remember and interpret the peace process of 2006. The chapter focuses on the nationalist-based conflict in the Basque Country, an autonomous region situated in the northern part of the Spanish state. It further describes the construction of nationalism as a resource or sign that is central to the context of modern societies, and how it can lead to conflicts through the co-existence of different national groups within the same state. Bresco and Wagoner importantly emphasize the active nature of remembering.