The Convolutions of Historical Politics / / ed. by Maria Lipman, Alexei Miller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Aktürk, Şener,; Astrov, Alexander,; Berger, Stefan,; Cusco, Andrei,; Dumitru, Diana,; Gyáni, Gábor,; Himka, John-Paul,; Janowski, Maciej,; Kasianov, Georgiy,; Kingston, Jeff,; Miller, Alexei,; Stola, Dariusz,
• HerausgeberIn: Lipman, Maria,; Miller, Alexei,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

Thirteen essays by scholars from seven countries discuss the political use and abuse of history in the recent decades with particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia as case studies), but also includes articles on Germany, Japan and Turkey, which provide a much needed comparative dimension. The main focus is on new conditions of political utilization of history in post-communist context, which is characterized by lack of censorship and political pluralism. The phenomenon of history politics became extremely visible in Central and Eastern Europe in the past decade, and remains central for political agenda in many countries of the regions. Each essay is a case study contributing to the knowledge about collective memory and political use of history, offering a new theoretical twist. The studies look at actors (from political parties to individual historians), institutions (museums, Institutes of National remembrance, special political commissions), methods, political rationale and motivations behind this phenomenon.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION Historical Politics: Eastern European Convolutions in the 21st Century -- German History Politics and the National Socialist Past -- Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance: A Ministry of Memory? -- Jedwabne, July 10, 1941: Debating the History of a Single Day -- The Memory of Trianon as a Political Instrument in Hungary Today -- The “Politics of History” as a Case of Foreign-Policy Making -- The ‘Nationalization” of History in Ukraine -- The “Politics of Memory” and “Historical Policy” in Post-Soviet Moldova -- Interventions: Challenging the Myths of Twentieth-Century Ukrainian History -- Caught Between History and Politics: The Experience of a Moldovan Historian Studying the Holocaust -- The Turns of Russian Historical Politics, from Perestroika to 2011 -- Politics of History in Turkey: Revisionist Historiography’s Challenge to the Official Version of the Turkish War of Liberation (1919–1922) -- The Politics of History in Contemporary Japan -- List of Contributors -- Index