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Anne Applebaum’s Strategy of Telling the History of International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe
Anne Applebaum’s Strategy of Telling the History of International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Bogdana Nosova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: strategy of building a historical narrative; telling the past of Central and Eastern Europe in the West; Central and Eastern Europe; Anne Applebaum; public intellectuals

Summary/Abstract: The text aims to present the strategy used by Anne Applebaum to bring the history of Central and Eastern Europe closer to western audiences. In the article, the author was presented as a journalist and public intellectual who developed an original way of speaking and writing about the past of Central and Eastern Europe. She has been portrayed as a kind of mediator who attempts to explain the essence and sources of the diverse identities and narratives that have formed among the nations and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe. Selected assessments of her activity, formulated by historians as well as public opinion leaders, were also presented.

  • Issue Year: XI/2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 93-105
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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