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Narratives Unbound

Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi

Author : Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155211294

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Narratives Unbound by Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi Pdf

The first work that covers the post-Communist development of historical studies in six Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. A uniquely critical and qualitative analysis from a comparative and critical perspective, written by scholars from the region itself. Focusing on the first post-Communist decade, 1989–1999, the book offers a longer-term perspective that includes the immediate 'prehistory' of that momentous decade as well as its 'posthistoire'. The authors capture the spirit of 1989, that heady mix of elation, surprise, determination, and hope: l'ivresse du possible. This was the paradoxical beginning of Eastern European post-Communism: ushered in by 'anti-Utopian' revolutions, and slowly finding its course towards a bureaucratic, imitative, challenging, and anachronistic restoration of a capitalism that had changed almost beyond recognition when it had mutated into the negative double of Communism. Each individual chapter has numerous and detailed notes and references.

Narrative Unbound

Donald D. Ault

Author : Donald D. Ault
Publisher : Clinamen Studies
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015012427806

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Narrative Unbound is the first full-scale interpretation of the verbal text of Blake's most complex long poetic prophecy, The Four Zoas. Never engraved or published in the poet/artist's lifetime, the poem remains in a single manuscript, apparently unfinished and heavily revised, and yet is widely celebrated as one of Blake's most powerful narrative works. Ault challenges the view that the poem is intrinsically incomplete and flawed, arguing instead that the famous difficulties of the text are aspects of Blake's transformative narrative strategies. By respecting the integrity of Blake's work, taking every written mark on the page as potentially functional, Ault shows how the intricate interweaving of narrative patterns and interruptions are instrumental to conscious reading. The poetic intent is nothing less than a complete renovation of the reading experience, the potential of which is the realization of what Blake has called Four-fold vision. Ault's approach serves as a guide both to reading The Four Zoas and to participating in a radical poetic method.

Romantic Narrative

Tilottama Rajan

Author : Tilottama Rajan
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801899218

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Romantic Narrative by Tilottama Rajan Pdf

Often identified with its lyric poetry, Romanticism has come to be dismissed by historicists as an ineffectual idealism. By focusing on Romantic narrative, noted humanist Tilottama Rajan takes issue with this identification, as well as with the equation of narrative itself with the governmental apparatus of the Novel. Exploring the role of narrativity in the works of Romantic writers, Rajan also reflects on larger disciplinary issues such as the role of poetry versus prose in an emergent modernity and the place of Romanticism itself in a Victorianized nineteenth century. While engaging both genres, Romantic Narrative responds to the current critical shift from poetry to prose by concentrating, paradoxically, on a poetics of narrative in Romantic prose fiction. Rajan argues that poiesis, as a mode of thinking, is Romanticism’s legacy to an age of prose. She elucidates this thesis through careful readings of Shelley’s Alastor and his Gothic novels, Godwin’s Caleb Williams and St. Leon, Hays’ Memoirs of Emma Courtney, and Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman. Rajan, winner of the Keats-Shelley Association's Distinguished Lifetime Award and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, is one of Romanticism’s leading scholars. Effective, articulate, and readable, Romantic Narrative will appeal to scholars in both nineteenth-century studies and narrative theory.

Memory Crash

Georgiy Kasianov

Author : Georgiy Kasianov
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633863817

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Memory Crash by Georgiy Kasianov Pdf

This account of historical politics in Ukraine, framed in a broader European context, shows how social, political, and cultural groups have used and misused the past from the final years of the Soviet Union to 2020. Georgiy Kasianov details practices relating to history and memory by a variety of actors, including state institutions, non-governmental organizations, political parties, historians, and local governments. He identifies the main political purposes of these practices in the construction of nation and identity, struggles for power, warfare, and international relations. Kasianov considers the Ukrainian case in the context of a global increase in the politics of history and memory, with particular emphasis on a distinctive East-European variety. He pays special attention to the use and abuse of history in relations between Ukraine, Russia, and Poland.

Memory Laws, Memory Wars

Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov

Author : Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108419727

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Memory Laws, Memory Wars by Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov Pdf

A major contribution to our understanding of present-day historical consciousness through a study of memory laws across Europe.

Post-Soviet Borders

Sabine von Löwis,Beate Eschment

Author : Sabine von Löwis,Beate Eschment
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000642889

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Post-Soviet Borders by Sabine von Löwis,Beate Eschment Pdf

This book investigates how borders in former Soviet Union territories have evolved and shifted in the thirty years since the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to fifteen independent states and numerous de facto states; but this process of rebordering is not finished, and social, economic, infrastructural, cultural and political networks and spaces continue to develop. This book explores the intersection between these geopolitical shifts and the individual lived experience, drawing on cases from across border regions in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Throughout, the book introduces and frames the case studies with well-informed theoretical, conceptual and methodological overviews that situate them within border studies in general and post-Soviet border spaces in particular. Overall, the book demonstrates that like a kaleidoscope, the dynamic elements in these newly evolved border regions are similar yet strikingly different in their juxtapositions, with the appearance of new configurations often dependent on changing geopolitical constellations. This timely guide to the post-Soviet world thirty years after the Cold War will be of interest to researchers across border studies, politics, geography, social anthropology, history, Eastern European Studies, Central Asian Studies, and Caucasian Studies.

Thinking through Transition

Michal Kopeček,Piotr Wciślik

Author : Michal Kopeček,Piotr Wciślik
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633861103

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Thinking through Transition by Michal Kopeček,Piotr Wciślik Pdf

Thinking through Transition is the first concentrated effort to explore the most recent chapter of East Central European past from the perspective of intellectual history. Post-communism can be understood as a period of scarcity and preponderance of ideas, the dramatic eclipsing of the dissident legacy (as well as the older political traditions), and the rise of technocratic and post-political governance. This book, grounded in empirical research sensitive to local contexts, proposes instead a history of adaptations, entanglements, and unintended consequences. In order to enable and invite comparison, the volume is structured around major domains of political thought, some of them generic (liberalism, conservatism, the Left), others (populism and politics of history) deemed typical for post-socialism. However, as shown by the authors, the generic often turns out to be heavily dependent on its immediate setting, and the typical resonates with processes that are anything but vernacular.

On the Verge of History

Izabella Agardi

Author : Izabella Agardi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783838216027

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On the Verge of History by Izabella Agardi Pdf

Rural women have not had a formative role in the public histories of Central Eastern Europe. Izabella Agárdi aims to correct that by concentrating on their life stories and their connections to general histories. She investigates how Hungarian-speaking, ordinary women in rural contexts born in the 1920s and 1930s remember and talk about the twentieth century they have experienced, and how, through their stories, they articulate historical change and construct themselves as historical subjects. In her analysis, Izabella Agárdi traces the interactions between micro- and macro- narratives as well as the specific tools women of this generation appropriate to talk about personal memories of their often traumatic past. From these stories, a particular mnemonic community emerges, one that speaks from a highly precarious position 'on the verge of history'. It is up to future generations whether these women's experiences will be remembered or forgotten.

Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe

Jody Jensen

Author : Jody Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000378856

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Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe by Jody Jensen Pdf

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 cultural resistance from below across the European continent and the world. In order to demonstrate the complexities of these processes, the volume transcends disciplinary boundaries to explore memory politics, examining the interconnections between memory and populism. It shows how memory politics has become one of the most important fields of symbolic struggle in the contemporary process of "meaning-making," providing space for actors, movements and other mnemonic entrepreneurs who challenge and point to incoherencies in the official narratives of memory and forgetting. Charting the contemporary rise of populist movements, the volume will be of particular interest to regional specialists in Southeastern Europe, Balkan and postcommunist studies, as well as researchers, activists, policy-makers and politicians at the national and EU levels and academics in the fields of political science, sociology, history, cultural heritage and management, conflict and peace studies.

Hayden White

Herman Paul

Author : Herman Paul
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745637655

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Hayden White by Herman Paul Pdf

This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses White's core ideas and traces the development of these ideas from the mid-1950s to the present. Starting with White's medievalist research and youthful fascination for French existentialism, Paul shows how White became increasingly convinced that historical writing is a moral activity. He goes on to argue that the critical concepts that have secured White's fame – trope, plot, discourse, figural realism – all stem from his desire to explicate the moral claims and perceptions underlying historical writing. White emerges as a passionate thinker, a restless rebel against scientism, and a defender of existentialist humanist values. This innovative introduction will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities, and help develop a critical understanding of an increasingly important thinker.

The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

Włodzimierz Borodziej,Ferenc Laczó,Joachim von Puttkamer

Author : Włodzimierz Borodziej,Ferenc Laczó,Joachim von Puttkamer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000096187

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The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century by Włodzimierz Borodziej,Ferenc Laczó,Joachim von Puttkamer Pdf

Intellectual Horizons offers a pioneering, transnational and comparative treatment of key thematic areas in the intellectual and cultural history of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. For most of the twentieth century, Central and Eastern European ideas and cultures constituted an integral part of wider European trends. However, the intellectual and cultural history of this diverse region has rarely been incorporated sufficiently into nominally comprehensive histories of Europe. This volume redresses this underrepresentation and provides a more balanced perspective on the recent past of the continent through original, critical overviews of themes ranging from the social and conceptual history of intellectuals and histories of political thought and historiography, to literary, visual and religious cultures, to perceptions and representations of the region in the twentieth century. While structured thematically, individual contributions are organized chronologically. They emphasize, where relevant, generational experiences, agendas and accomplishments, while taking into account the sharp ruptures that characterize the period. The third in a four-volume set on Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century, it is the go-to resource for understanding the intellectual and cultural history of this dynamic region.

Vanished History

Tomas Sniegon

Author : Tomas Sniegon
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782382959

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Vanished History by Tomas Sniegon Pdf

Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Not all Czechs, however, remained passive bystanders during the genocide. After the destruction of Czechoslovakia in 1938-39, Slovakia became a formally independent but fully subordinate satellite of Germany. Despite the fact it was not occupied until 1944, Slovakia paid Germany to deport its own Jewish citizens to extermination camps. About 270,000 out of the 360,000 Czech and Slovak casualties of World War II were victims of the Holocaust. Despite these statistics, the Holocaust vanished almost entirely from post-war Czechoslovak, and later Czech and Slovak, historical cultures. The communist dictatorship carried the main responsibility for this disappearance, yet the situation has not changed much since the fall of the communist regime. The main questions of this study are how and why the Holocaust was excluded from the Czech and Slovak history.

The Impact of History?

Pedro Ramos Pinto,Bertrand Taithe

Author : Pedro Ramos Pinto,Bertrand Taithe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317537212

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The Impact of History? by Pedro Ramos Pinto,Bertrand Taithe Pdf

Driven by the increasing importance of discussions around 'impact' and its meaning and implications for history, The Impact of History? brings together established and new voices to raise relevant questions, issues and controversies for debate. The chapters are articulated around the themes of public history, the politics of history, the role of history in the shaping of learning and the situation of history in the changing world of education. While this subject is driven differently by the research bodies and councils of different countries, similar debates about the value and place of the academy in society are taking place in the UK, the USA and Europe as well as in other parts of the world. Chapters cover diverse areas of history from this perspective including: public history national histories new technologies and the natural sciences campaigning histories the impact agenda. This collection is a political and intellectual intervention at a time when scholars and readers of history are being asked to explain why history matters and it seeks to intervene in the debates on ‘impact’, on education and on the role of the past in the shaping of our future. Bringing together leading authors from a wide range of fields, The Impact of History? is an accessible and engaging yet polemical and thought-provoking overview of the role of history in contemporary society.

Marxist Historiographies

Q. Edward Wang,Georg G. Iggers

Author : Q. Edward Wang,Georg G. Iggers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317413837

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Marxist Historiographies by Q. Edward Wang,Georg G. Iggers Pdf

Marxist Historiographies is the first book to examine the ebb and flow of Marxist historiography from a global and cross-cultural perspective. Since the eighteenth century, few schools of historical thought have exerted a more lasting impact than Marxism, and this impact extends far beyond the Western world within which it is most commonly analysed. Edited by two highly respected authors in the field, this book deals with the effect of Marxism on historical writings not only in parts of Europe, where it originated, but also in countries and regions in Africa, Asia, North and South America and the Middle East. Rather than presenting the chapters geographically, it is structured with respect to how Marxist influence was shown in the works of historians in a particular area. This title takes a dual approach to the subject; some chapters are national in scope, addressing the Marxist impact on historical practices within a country, whereas others deal with the varied expressions of Marxist historiography throughout a wider region. Taking a truly global perspective on this topic, Marxist Historiographies demonstrates clearly the breadth and depth of Marxism’s influence in historical writing throughout the world and is essential reading for all students of historiography.

Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies

Iveta Silova,Nelli Piattoeva,Zsuzsa Millei

Author : Iveta Silova,Nelli Piattoeva,Zsuzsa Millei
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319627915

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Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies by Iveta Silova,Nelli Piattoeva,Zsuzsa Millei Pdf

This book explores childhood and schooling in late socialist societies by bringing into dialogue public narratives and personal memories that move beyond imaginaries of Cold War divisions between the East and West. Written by cultural insiders who were brought up and educated on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain - spanning from Central Europe to mainland Asia - the book offers insights into the diverse spaces of socialist childhoods interweaving with broader political, economic, and social life. These evocative memories explore the experiences of children in navigating state expectations to embody “model socialist citizens” and their mixed feelings of attachment, optimism, dullness, and alienation associated with participation in “building” socialist futures. Drawing on the research traditions of autobiography, autoethnography, and collective biography, the authors challenge what is often considered ‘normal’ and ‘natural’ in the historical accounts of socialist childhoods, and engage in (re)writing histories that open space for new knowledges and vast webs of interconnections to emerge. This book will be compelling reading for students and researchers working in education, sociology and history, particularly those within the interdisciplinary fields of childhood and area studies. ‘The authors of this beautiful book are professional academics and intellectuals who grew up in different socialist countries. Exploring “socialist childhoods” in myriad ways, they draw on memories, and collective history, emotional insider knowledge and the measured perspective of an analyst. What emerges is life that was caught between real optimism and dullness, ethical commitments and ideological absurdities, selfless devotion to children and their treatment as a political resource. Such attention to detail and examination of the paradoxical nature of this time makes this collective effort not only timely but remarkably genuine.’ —Alexei Yurchak, University of California, USA

Narratives Unbound

Narratives Unbound by Balázs Trencsényi,Péter Apor,Sorin Antohi Pdf

Narrative Unbound by Donald D. Ault Pdf

Romantic Narrative by Tilottama Rajan Pdf

Memory Crash by Georgiy Kasianov Pdf

Memory Laws, Memory Wars by Nikolay Koposov,Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Koposov Pdf

Post-Soviet Borders by Sabine von Löwis,Beate Eschment Pdf

Thinking through Transition by Michal Kopeček,Piotr Wciślik Pdf

On the Verge of History by Izabella Agardi Pdf

Memory Politics and Populism in Southeastern Europe by Jody Jensen Pdf

Hayden White by Herman Paul Pdf

The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century by Włodzimierz Borodziej,Ferenc Laczó,Joachim von Puttkamer Pdf

Vanished History by Tomas Sniegon Pdf

The Impact of History? by Pedro Ramos Pinto,Bertrand Taithe Pdf

Marxist Historiographies by Q. Edward Wang,Georg G. Iggers Pdf

Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies by Iveta Silova,Nelli Piattoeva,Zsuzsa Millei Pdf

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