Културна памет, колективна травма и интеркултурна комуникация
Collective memory, cultural trauma and intercultural communication

Author(s): Diana Petkova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: collective memory; cultural trauma; intercultural dialogue; socialist countries; Balkan culture
Summary/Abstract: Within the frames of collective memory, both remembering and forgetting of historical events have equal significance. However, the accent on the past is often associated with the presence of unhealed cultural trauma. An example of this phenomenon are the ex-socialist countries where the socialist inheritance is often accompanied by heavy collective psychological burden. The Balkan cultures are another example of how the retrospective worldview can incur suffering. In all these countries the focus on the tasks of the present outline the way to cope with the cultural trauma of the past аnd to achieve intercultural dialogue.

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