Experienta istorică a violentei în dictaturile politice
The historical experience of violence in political dictatorship
Author(s): József KovácsSubject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: GDR; Communism; violence; dictatorship
Summary/Abstract: Conducting an interdisciplinary analysis, the author focuses on the phenomenon of violence in modern and contemporary history. Therefore, the features of political dictatorship of the XX century (National-Socialism and Communism) are placed in the forefront of the research. An analytical presentation of historiography dedicated to post 1945 East-Germany dictatorship finds its place within this comprehensive subject. The author of the article also approaches the connections between contemporary experiences regarding violence, memorizing traumas and taboos
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XVIII/2010
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 86-105
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Romanian
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