Polarized Pasts : : Heritage and Belonging in Times of Political Polarization / / ed. by Elisabeth Niklasson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Bernbeck, Reinhard,; Cesari, Chiara de,; Colwell, Chip,; González-Ruibal, Alfredo,; Herzfeld, Michael,; Hølleland, Herdis,; Kennedy, Rebecca Futo,; Källén, Anna,; Niklasson, Elisabeth,; Thorleifsson, Cathrine,
• HerausgeberIn: Niklasson, Elisabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Explorations in Heritage Studies ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; INTRODUCTION Heritage and Belonging in Times of Political Polarization --; CHAPTER 1 Heritage, Memory, Race: The Culture of the Far Right --; CHAPTER 2 Innocence Reinvented: Far-Right Myth-Making in Hungary --; CHAPTER 3 Possessive Pasts: Heritage in Far-Right Rhetoric in Scandinavia --; CHAPTER 4 ‘Western Civilization’, White Supremacism and the Myth of a White Ancient Greece --; CHAPTER 5 Memory between Repression and Deception: Germany’s Shattered Stratigraphies --; CHAPTER 6 Walking through the Darkest Valley: Heritage and Hatred in the Era of Reactionary Populism --; CHAPTER 7 Is DNA a Dangerous Heritage? --; CHAPTER 8 The Sigtuna Debacle: A Story of Ancient DNA, Immigrants and Fake News in a Viking Age Town in Sweden --; CHAPTER 9 The Threat of Essence: Reflections on the Heritage of Racism and the Racism of Heritage --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800738492; 9783110997705
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800738492
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Elisabeth Niklasson.

When questions of belonging enter the forefront of political debates, so too does heritage. This volume draws critical voices from archaeology, anthropology and the classics into a conversation about political uses of the past in times of radical right populism. The authors show how ancient monuments and sites, bygone eras and political regimes, even your genetic ancestry, can become wrapped up in polarized political debates. They also highlight how heritage, which is often thought of as a common good, can be dangerous in times of political polarization – erasing nuances between ‘us’ and ‘them’. Together, the texts pave the way for a better understanding of the political role of heritage in society.