Different Shades of the Past : : History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts / / ed. by Przemysław Łukasik, Mateusz Kamionka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Bar, Joanna,; Baranovskyi, Feliks,; Budrytė, Dovilė,; Bulanova, Anhelina,; Bulanova, Nataliіa,; Kamionka, Mateusz,; Leunig, Ragnar,; Makarova, Elena,; Maniero, Arpine,; Potapenko, Maxim,; Shokhruz, Sharipov,; Singh Thakur, Rajendra,; Wasilewski, Krzysztof,; Łukasik, Przemysław,
• HerausgeberIn: Kamionka, Mateusz,; Łukasik, Przemysław,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 211 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Between Wikipedia and a Museum: Historical Narrative “Tools” --; Memory Politics and the Study of Crises in International Relations: Insights from Ukraine and Lithuania --; Local Memory, International Conflicts: Case Study of the Katyn Memorial in Jersey City, USA --; Sources of International Conflicts in Contemporary and Historical Context as a Threat to the Global Democratic and Liberal Order: Causes of Occurrence and Ways of Eradication --; The Role of Historical Museums in Overcoming the Traumatic Past --; Wiki-History of Crimea: Ukrainian and Russian Versions --; The Problem of Preserving Monumental Objects of Art during Contemporary International Conflicts (on the Example of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict) --; From Different Perspectives: History as an Instrument of Politics --; Historically Charged Conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh between War and Diplomatic Failure --; History as an Instrument of Continuing Indo-Pakistan Rivalry from 1947 till 2021 --; National History as Tools of Installing National Borders in Central Asia Countries --; Belgium – Its Neighbours and the Process from a Centralised to a Federalist State --; History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts: The Case of the Sudanese States --; The Comparison of Russian Propaganda: From the Years 1917–1921 to Nowadays --; List of Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111000596; 9783111175782; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319131; 9783111318189
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111000596
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Przemysław Łukasik, Mateusz Kamionka.

In his book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century the historian Yuval Noah Harrari wrote that man had the possibility to conquer the world precisely because he could create fictional stories and believe in them. People created more and more complex stories about themselves that served and continue to serve, according to the professor of the University of Jerusalem, building unity, social harmony and gaining power. A narrative about past, in which memory fragmentation and victimisation play a large role, may be a temptation to instrumentalise the past. This is especially true in relation to the events of the twentieth century, when a series of bloody war conflicts occurred. As shown in the following post-conference volume, today the wars of the past (World War I and World War II, Indian-Pakistani war) and current conflicts (Russo-Ukrainian war, war in Sudan or Nagorno-Karabakh) are also a catalyst for the process of instrumentalisation. This process can be analysed both at the level of the evolution of the language of conflict, including the erosion of the values of democratic dialogue, and the use of specific means of commemorating the past (monuments, museums, the Internet).