Quest for a Suitable Past. Myths and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe
Quest for a Suitable Past. Myths and Memory in Central and Eastern Europe
Contributor(s): Claudia Florentina Dobre (Editor), Cristian Emilian Ghiţă (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Social life and customs;Eastern Europe;Central Europe;Myth;Memory;Post-communism;Politics and government
- E-ISBN-13: 978-963-386-138-7
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-963-386-136-3
- Page Count: 162
- Publication Year: 2017
- Language: English
An Obscure Object of Desire
An Obscure Object of Desire
(An Obscure Object of Desire)
- Author(s):Gábor Egry
- Language:English
- Subject(s):History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:11-27
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Alba Iulia;Myth
- Summary/Abstract:To see a huge crowd gathered to declare the independence of a nation and/or establishment of a new state was not uncommon in Eastern Europe in the fall of 1918. Revolutions swept the region and profoundly changed the political map. Alba Iulia, a small city in Transylvania, was one such place.
- Price: 6.80 €
Croatia between the Myths of the Nation-State and of the Common European Past
Croatia between the Myths of the Nation-State and of the Common European Past
(Croatia between the Myths of the Nation-State and of the Common European Past)
- Author(s):Neven Budak
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:29-50
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Croatia;myth;politics
- Summary/Abstract:If we examine the narratives of the Croatian past as they have been recorded throughout history, we notice that in all periods, from the earliest attestation of the ethnonym “Croatian” in the ninth century until the most recent times, mythology played an important role in the creation of Croatian national memory and thus in conceptualizing Croatian self-identity.The first two such myths, regarding the very origins of Croats, were written down by Byzantine authors, particularly Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his "De administrando imperio (Porphyrogenitus 1949, 122–153)". Others were composed later, in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, while several were the result of nineteenth-century professional historiography.
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Deconstructing the Myth of the “Wicked German” in Northern and Western Parts of Poland
Deconstructing the Myth of the “Wicked German” in Northern and Western Parts of Poland
(Deconstructing the Myth of the “Wicked German” in Northern and Western Parts of Poland)
- Author(s):Izabela Skórzyńska, Anna Wachowiak
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:51-66
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Myth;politics;Poland and Germany
- Summary/Abstract:Our study seeks to describe and analyze the changes that occurred in the “symbolic repertoire” defining Polish attitudes to German heritage in Poland after 1989. It addresses the question of the Polish myth of the“wicked German” that haunted and still haunts the local communities of western and northern Polish territories (which under communism were called the “Regained Lands” or/and “Western Borderlands”), where Polish and German inhabitants coexisted before World War II.
- Price: 6.40 €
Mythologizing the Biographies of Romanian Underground Communists
Mythologizing the Biographies of Romanian Underground Communists
(Mythologizing the Biographies of Romanian Underground Communists)
- Author(s):Ştefan Bosomitu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:67-84
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Myth; Romania;Secret Police
- Summary/Abstract:The present chapter proposes a new interpretive scheme for making sense of the biographies of communist leaders, with particular attention to the underground period, when communist activities were illegal. I will discuss three types of source, each with its merits but also interpretive pitfalls:the myth-biography (Costea 2008), the autobiography, and the personal files compiled by the interwar secret police (Siguranţa).
- Price: 7.20 €
Women in the Communist Party
Women in the Communist Party
(Women in the Communist Party)
- Author(s):Luciana-Marioara Jinga
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:85-99
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Romania;Communism;Women
- Summary/Abstract:The Romanian Communist Party (RCP) introduced what was called “egalitarian legislation” in an effort to meet the demands of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. Despite the legislative measures, the percentage of women within the RCP remained, for the first three decades of communism, one of the lowest among the communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe,comparable perhaps with that of Yugoslavia (Tomšič 1980). To encourage women to join the party, in the mid-1970s, Nicolae Ceauşescu’s regime introduced the principle of mandatory quotas for women, as members and candidates, in all party structures. A few women were even catapulted into positions of leadership (without any professional merit).
- Price: 6.00 €
Avatars of the Social Imaginary
Avatars of the Social Imaginary
(Avatars of the Social Imaginary)
- Author(s):Claudia-Florentina Dobre
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
- Page Range:101-117
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Romania;communism;fall of Communism;
- Summary/Abstract:After the fall of communism in December 1989, a feverish period of political and social changes ensued. A new political order took shape, instituted by and instituting a new social imaginary. In the process, old myths were brought back to life in order to give meaning and significance to the new reality, as well as to determine political and social cohesion and coherence.This chapter looks at the structures of the post-communist social imaginary in Romania through the lenses of the mythology constructed to make sense of the past and to provide significance to the present.
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Post-Communist Politics of Memory and the New Regime of Historiography
Post-Communist Politics of Memory and the New Regime of Historiography
(Post-Communist Politics of Memory and the New Regime of Historiography)
- Author(s):Liliana Deyanova
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, History, Social Sciences
- Page Range:119-133
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Post-communism;historiography;historical memory;
- Summary/Abstract:This text starts from a "mytheme", “Bulgaria under the yoke,” brought into the spotlight on the occasion of two events, in 2006 and 2007. Both cases are about historical memory and the debates on memorial laws, legislation on the memory of historical events similar to the laws against Holocaust denial.
- Price: 6.00 €
The Phenomenon of “Parahistory” in Post-Communist Bulgaria
The Phenomenon of “Parahistory” in Post-Communist Bulgaria
(The Phenomenon of “Parahistory” in Post-Communist Bulgaria)
- Author(s):Aleksandar Nikolov
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
- Page Range:135-147
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Post communism; Bulgaria;Myth
- Summary/Abstract:This chapter is the result of a long period of research on the “parahistorical”discourse in Bulgaria, particularly that related to Proto-Bulgarian studies, one of the major fields in Bulgarian historiography, loaded with mythological elements, since its emergence in the nineteenth century.In the course of preliminary research, I encountered very similar manifestations in many historiographical and “parahistorical” publications throughout the region. Thus a comparative study of a number of paradigms frequently encountered in this type of publication would enable meto create a framework of interpretation for this phenomenon and would provide an answer to numerous questions. It would also create a typology of the messages propagated by these theories and help identify its intended audience. Moreover, such a study would help to understand the reasons behind the popular success of the “parahistorical” discourse and even its political influence among certain nationalistic organizations and circles.
- Price: 5.20 €
list of contributors
list of contributors
(list of contributors)
- Contributor(s):Claudia-Florentina Dobre (Editor)
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
- Page Range:149-150
- No. of Pages:2
- Summary/Abstract:list of contributors
- Price: 4.50 €
Index
Index
(Index)
- Contributor(s):Cristian Emilian Ghiţă (Editor)
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
- Page Range:151-153
- No. of Pages:4
- Price: 4.50 €
