Introduction: truth, guilt, and justice in an illiberal state -- Contested space: an East European borderland before 1941 -- At the heart of darkness: wartime choices, 1941-1944 -- Post-1944: the moment of return -- Determining guilt: the Soviet politics of retribution -- Loss, …
This book is an empirical study of a central European city focused on the political process. The authors use the example of the city of Wroclaw to present a condition of the urban public sphere in the context of local governance. Contemporary specificity of the public sphere is …
"With this nuanced and interdisciplinary work, political theorist Mihaela Mihai tackles several interrelated questions: How do societies remember histories of systemic violence? Who is excluded from such histories' cast of characters? And what are the political costs of selectiv…
GegenErinnerung: Geschichte als politisches Argument im Transforma…
by Altrichter, Helmut, Kolloquium zum Thema Geschichte im Transformationsprozeß Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropas, München, Kolloquium zum Thema "Geschichte im Transformationsprozeß Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropas", München)
fromSchriften des Historischen Kollegs
Main description: Intellektuelle Diskurse in Ost, Ostmittel und Südosteuropa führten Geschichte als politisches Argument, die Vergangenheit gegen die Gegenwart ins Feld, wenn sie offen gegen das "System von Jalta" und den "Stalinismus" polemisierten. Sie erinnerten an "1956" in …
Bringing together leading scholars from a range of nations, "Rethinking Antifascism" provides a fascinating exploration of one of the most vibrant sub-disciplines within recent European historiography. Through case studies that exemplify the field's breadth and sophistication, i…
Bringing together leading scholars from a range of nations, "Rethinking Antifascism" provides a fascinating exploration of one of the most vibrant sub-disciplines within recent European historiography. Through case studies that exemplify the field's breadth and sophistication, i…
Bringing together leading scholars from a range of nations, Bethinking Antifascism provides a fascinating exploration of one of the most vibrant sub-disciplines within recent historiography. Through case studies that exemplify the field's breadth and sophistication, it examines …
Bringing together leading scholars from a range of nations, Bethinking Antifascism provides a fascinating exploration of one of the most vibrant sub-disciplines within recent historiography. Through case studies that exemplify the field's breadth and sophistication, it examines …
"This book explores the politics of memory in Southeastern Europe in the context of rising populisms and their hegemonic grip on official memory and politics. It speaks to the increased political, media, and academic attention paid to the rise of discontent, frustration and cult…
In this study of the mechanisms of transitional justice in Poland, Frances Millard asks: How does society come to terms with its past? How should it punish the perpetrators of oppression and acknowledge its victims? In the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe…
Short description: Europäische Erinnerung zwischen Ost und West. Main description: Ausgangspunkt des Bandes ist eine Kritik der unreflektierten Instrumentalisierung von ›Europäischer Erinnerung‹ im derzeitigen öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Diskurs. Demgegenüber betont der…