Historical Memory Of Central And East European Communism
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Historical Memory Of Central And East European Communism
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Author : Agnieszka Mrozik
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-03-19
Historical Memory Of Central And East European Communism written by Agnieszka Mrozik and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-19 with History categories.
Every political movement creates its own historical memory. The communist movement, though originally oriented towards the future, was no exception: The theory of human history constitutes a substantial part of Karl Marx’s and Friedrich Engels’s writings, and the movement inspired by them very soon developed its own strong historical identity, combining the Marxist theory of history with the movement’s victorious milestones such as the October Revolution and later the Great Patriotic War, which served as communist legitimization myths throughout almost the entire twentieth century. During the Stalinist period, however, the movement ́s history became strongly reinterpreted to suit Joseph Stalin’s political goals. After 1956, this reinterpretation lost most of its legitimating power and instead began to be a burden. The (unwanted) memory of Stalinism and subsequent examples of violence (the Gulag, Katyń, the 1956 Budapest uprising and the 1968 Prague Spring) contributed to the crisis of Eastern European state socialism in the late 1980s and led to attempts at reformulating or even rejecting communist self-identity. This book’s first section analyzes the post-1989 memory of communism and state socialism and the self-identity of the Eastern and Western European left. The second section examines the state-socialist and post-socialist memorial landscapes in the former German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia. The final section concentrates on the narratives the movement established, when in power, about its own past, with the examples of the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
History Memory And Politics In Central And Eastern Europe
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Author : G. Mink
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-01-29
History Memory And Politics In Central And Eastern Europe written by G. Mink and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-29 with Political Science categories.
Fourteen specialists of Central and Eastern European politics explore memory policies and politics by examining how and why contested memories are constantly reactivated in the former Soviet bloc. The book explores how new social and political actors can challenge the traditional narratives about the past produced by state bodies.
History Memory And Politics In Central And Eastern Europe
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Author : G. Mink
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-01-29
History Memory And Politics In Central And Eastern Europe written by G. Mink and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-29 with Political Science categories.
Fourteen specialists of Central and Eastern European politics explore memory policies and politics by examining how and why contested memories are constantly reactivated in the former Soviet bloc. The book explores how new social and political actors can challenge the traditional narratives about the past produced by state bodies.
Museums Of Communism
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Author : Stephen M. Norris
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-03
Museums Of Communism written by Stephen M. Norris and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-03 with History categories.
How did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range of fields explore various museums and include nearly 90 photographs, a common denominator emerges: rather than focusing on artifacts and historical documents, these museums often privilege memories and stories. In doing so, the museums shift attention from experiences of guilt or collaboration to narratives of shared victimization under communist rule. As editor Stephen M. Norris demonstrates, these museums are often problematic at best and revisionist at worst. From occupation museums in the Baltic States to memorial museums in Ukraine, former secret police prisons in Romania, and nostalgic museums of everyday life in Russia, the sites considered offer new ways of understanding the challenges of separating memory and myth.
Secret Agents And The Memory Of Everyday Collaboration In Communist Eastern Europe
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Author : Péter Apor
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2017-09-27
Secret Agents And The Memory Of Everyday Collaboration In Communist Eastern Europe written by Péter Apor and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-27 with History categories.
The collection of essays in Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe addresses institutions that develop the concept of collaboration, and examines the function, social representation and history of secret police archives and institutes of national memory that create these histories of collaboration. The essays provide a comparative account of collaboration/participation across differing categories of collaborators and different social milieux throughout East-Central Europe. They also demonstrate how secret police files can be used to produce more subtle social and cultural histories of the socialist dictatorships. By interrogating the ways in which post-socialist cultures produce the idea of, and knowledge about, “collaborators,” the contributing authors provide a nuanced historical conception of “collaboration,” expanding the concept toward broader frameworks of cooperation and political participation to facilitate a better understanding of Eastern European communist regimes.
Quest For A Suitable Past
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Author : Claudia-Florentina Dobre
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-29
Quest For A Suitable Past written by Claudia-Florentina Dobre and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-29 with Medical categories.
The past may be approached from a variety of directions. A myth reunites people around certain values and projects and pushes them in one direction or another. The present volume brings together a range of case studies of myth making and myth breaking in east Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day. In particular, it focuses on the complex process through which memories are transformed into myths. This problematic interplay between memory and myth-making is analyzed in conjunction with the role of myths in the political and social life of the region. The essays include cases of forging myths about national pre-history, about the endorsement of nation building by means of historiography, and above all, about communist and post-communist mythologies. The studies shed new light on the creation of local and national identities, as well as the legitimization of ideologies through myth-making. Together, the contributions show that myths were often instrumental in the vast projects of social and political mobilization during a period which has witnessed, among others, two world wars and the harsh oppression of the communist regimes. ÿ
Memory Archipelago Of The Communist Past
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Author : Daniela Koleva
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Memory Archipelago Of The Communist Past written by Daniela Koleva and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
This book looks at the memory of the communist past in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Bulgaria: its "official" memory, constructed by institutions, its public memory, molded by media, rituals, books and films and the urban environment, and the everyday or 'vernacular' memory. It investigates how the recent past is remembered and the circumstances upon which this memory is conditioned - how is communism/socialism construed as a public recollection? Do these processes differ in the distinct post-communist countries? The book's first part traces the institutional and political dimensions of coping with the communist past and the second part concentrates on personal reminiscences and vernacular memory. The book will be of interest for researchers and students in the fields of memory studies, Central and East European studies, oral history and contemporary history, as well as for specialists at institutions of memory and memory activists and organisations.
Remembering Communism
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Author : Maria Todorova
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-01
Remembering Communism written by Maria Todorova and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with History categories.
Remembering Communism examines the formation and transformation of the memory of communism in the post-communist period. The majority of the articles focus on memory practices in the post-Stalinist era in Bulgaria and Romania, with occasional references to the cases of Poland and the GDR. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, including history, anthropology, cultural studies and sociology, the volume examines the mechanisms and processes that influence, determine and mint the private and public memory of communism in the post-1989 era. The common denominator to all essays is the emphasis on the process of remembering in the present, and the modalities by means of which the present perspective shapes processes of remembering, including practices of commemoration and representation of the past.ÿ
Past For The Eyes
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Author : Oksana Sarkisova
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Past For The Eyes written by Oksana Sarkisova and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with History categories.
How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today’s Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes. After history “ended” in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, museums and other memorials mushroomed all over the region. These efforts tried both to explain the meaning of this lost history, as well as to shape public opinion on their society’s shared post-war heritage. Museums and films made political use of recollections of the recent past, and employed selected museum, memorial, and media tools and tactics to make its political intent historically credible. Thirteen essays from scholars around the region take a fresh look at the subject as they address the strategies of fashioning popular perceptions of the recent past.
Occupation And Communism In Eastern European Museums
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Author : Constantin Iordachi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-29
Occupation And Communism In Eastern European Museums written by Constantin Iordachi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-29 with History categories.
This volume offers fresh perspectives on the representation of the recent past in museums of the Second World War and of communism in post-communist Eastern Europe. It does so against the background of recent European-wide debates on history, memory and politics. The contributors from across Europe focus comparatively on a wide variety of case studies, pointing out similarities and differences, and accounting for transnational patterns of remembrance at regional and European level. Occupation and Communism in Eastern European Museums argues that museums have a huge influence on the image of the communist past in Eastern Europe. It shows how they use a vast array of media tools, visual tactics and commercial strategies in order to substantiate ideological approaches to the past and to shape the attitude of public opinion.