Socialist Heritage

Author : Emanuela Grama
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253044839

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Socialist Heritage by Emanuela Grama Pdf

Focusing on Romania from 1945 to 2016, Socialist Heritage explores the socialist state's attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the legacy of that project. Contrary to arguments that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist cities, Emanuela Grama shows that the communist state in Romania sought to exploit the past for its own benefit. The book traces the transformation of a central district of Bucharest, the Old Town, from a socially and ethnically diverse place in the early 20th century, into an epitome of national history under socialism, and then, starting in the 2000s, into the historic center of a European capital. Under socialism, politicians and professionals used the district's historic buildings, especially the ruins of a medieval palace discovered in the 1950s, to emphasize the city's Romanian past and erase its ethnically diverse history. Since the collapse of socialism, the cultural and economic value of the Old Town has become highly contested. Bucharest's middle class has regarded the district as a site of tempting transgressions. Its poor residents have decried their semi-decrepit homes, while entrepreneurs and politicians have viewed it as a source of easy money. Such arguments point to recent negotiations about the meanings of class, political participation, and ethnic and economic belonging in today's Romania. Grama's rich historical and ethnographic research reveals the fundamentally dual nature of heritage: every search for an idealized past relies on strategies of differentiation that can lead to further marginalization and exclusion.

Author : Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781805393795

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Heritage under Socialism by Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers Pdf

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.

Author : Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781800732285

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Heritage under Socialism by Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers Pdf

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.

Author : David North
Publisher : Mehring Books
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9780929087009

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The Heritage We Defend by David North Pdf

Indispensable reading for all those seeking a serious analysis of the central political problems confronting the working class in the latter half of the twentieth century and today. This Marxist polemic reviews the political and theoretical disputes inside the Fourth International, the international Marxist movement founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938, and gives a detailed objective assessment of the political contribution and evolution of James P. Cannon, Trotsky's most important cothinker in the US Based on extensive research, with detailed references to original documents and programmatic statements from the archives of the Trotskyist movement..

Author : Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0745340407

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Socialism, Socialist States and Environment by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro Pdf

Reclaims the contentious legacy of state socialism in order to build an ecosocialist future

Author : Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers
Publisher : New Perspectives on Central an
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1805391267

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Heritage Under Socialism by Eszter Gantner,Corinne Geering,Paul Vickers Pdf

How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist states after World War II? By exploring national and regional specificities within the broader context of internationalization, this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist world's diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation practices.

Author : Mike Gonzalez
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781641772242

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BLM by Mike Gonzalez Pdf

The George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and demand not just that police departments be defunded but that all the structures, institutions, and systems of the United States—all supposedly racist—be overhauled. The 12,000 or so demonstrations and 633 related riots that followed Floyd’s death took organizational muscle. The movement’s grip on institutions from the classroom to the ballpark required ideological commitment. That muscle and commitment were provided by the various Black Lives Matter organizations. This book examines who the BLM leaders are, delving into their backgrounds and exposing their agendas—something the media has so far refused to do. These people are shown to be avowed Marxists who say they want to dismantle our way of life. Along with their fellow activists, they make savvy use of social media to spread their message and organize marches, sit-ins, statue tumblings, and riots. In 2020 they seized upon the video showing George Floyd’s suffering as a pretext to unleash a nationwide insurgency. Certainly, no person of good will could object to the proposition that “black lives matter” as much as any other human life. But Americans need to understand how their laudable moral concern is being exploited for purposes that a great many of them would not approve.

Author : Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295802183

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Radical Heritage by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes Pdf

Historian Carlos A. Schwantes studies the forces that shaped the history of the labor movement on either side of the forty-ninth parallel and the reason for the eventual demise of the socialist movement in Washington State and its continuing vigor in British Columbia.

Author : Nistoreanu, Puiu
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799814252

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New Trends and Opportunities for Central and Eastern European Tourism by Nistoreanu, Puiu Pdf

Within the past decade, there has been a re-emergence of tourism in Europe, especially in the central and eastern regions. With socialism becoming a distant memory, these former communist countries are now attractive destinations for travel. Research on this current phenomenon is essential, as professionals and scientists must stay informed on the modern development of this global region. New Trends and Opportunities for Central and Eastern European Tourism provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary tourism in Eastern Europe and its effect on economics and sociology. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as monument protection, economic features, and socialist architecture, this book is ideally designed for travel agents, tour developers, restaurateurs, hotel management, economic analysts, government officials, policymakers, tourism journalists, tourism practitioners, researchers, and professors seeking current research on the development of travel in Eastern and Central Europe.

Author : James Doyle
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780889208292

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Progressive Heritage by James Doyle Pdf

Most critics and literary historians have ignored Marxist-inspired creative literature in Canada, or dismissed it as an ephemeral phenomenon of the 1930s. Research reveals, however, that from the 1920s onward Canadian creative writers influenced by Marxist ideas have produced a quantitatively substantial and artistically significant body of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. This book traces historically and evaluates critically this tradition, with particular emphasis on writers who were associated with, or sympathetic to, the Communist Party of Canada. After two chapters surveying the work of anti-capitalist writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book concentrates on the development of Marxist-inspired writing from the 1920s to the end of the twentieth century. Besides devoting attention to both social and theoretical backgrounds, this study provides critical commentary on work by prominent writers who spent part of their literary careers as Communist Party members, including Dorothy Livesay, Patrick Anderson, Milton Acorn, and George Ryga, as well as less well known but more fervent Communists such as Margaret Fairley, Dyson Carter, Joe Wallace, Stanley Ryerson, and Jean-Jules Richard. Although primarily concerned with the older generation of Marxists who flourished between the 1920s and the 1970s, the book also includes a chapter on the post-1970s “New Left.”

Author : Cathleen M. Giustino,Catherine J. Plum,Alexander Vari
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857456700

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Socialist Escapes by Cathleen M. Giustino,Catherine J. Plum,Alexander Vari Pdf

During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however, possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and related forms of cultural programming and consumption. They lead to a deeper understanding of state–society relations in the Soviet sphere, where the state did not simply "dictate from above" and inhabitants had some opportunities to shape solidarities, identities, and meaning.

Author : Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : 0888942249

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Radical Heritage : Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917 by Carlos A. Schwantes Pdf

Author : Michael Ackland
Publisher : Cambria Australian Literature
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 160497933X

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Christina Stead and the Socialist Heritage by Michael Ackland Pdf

Christina Stead (1902-1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterizations. In this book, author Michael Ackland argues that the single most important influence on Stead's life, socialism, has been seriously neglected in studies of her life and work.

Author : David Joselit
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262043694

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Heritage and Debt by David Joselit Pdf

How global contemporary art reanimates the past as a resource for the present, combating modern art's legacy of Eurocentrism. If European modernism was premised on the new—on surpassing the past, often by assigning it to the “traditional” societies of the Global South—global contemporary art reanimates the past as a resource for the present. In this account of what globalization means for contemporary art, David Joselit argues that the creative use of tradition by artists from around the world serves as a means of combatting modern art's legacy of Eurocentrism. Modernism claimed to live in the future and relegated the rest of the world to the past. Global contemporary art shatters this myth by reactivating various forms of heritage—from literati ink painting in China to Aboriginal painting in Australia—in order to propose new and different futures. Joselit analyzes not only how heritage becomes contemporary through the practice of individual artists but also how a cultural infrastructure of museums, biennials, and art fairs worldwide has emerged as a means of generating economic value, attracting capital and tourist dollars. Joselit traces three distinct forms of modernism that developed outside the West, in opposition to Euro-American modernism: postcolonial, socialist realism, and the underground. He argues that these modern genealogies are synchronized with one another and with Western modernism to produce global contemporary art. Joselit discusses curation and what he terms “the curatorial episteme,” which, through its acts of framing or curating, can become a means of recalibrating hierarchies of knowledge—and can contribute to the dual projects of decolonization and deimperialization.

Author : Barbara Engel
Publisher : Dom Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3869225076

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Mass Housing in the Socialist City by Barbara Engel Pdf

Mass housing in Germany, Russia, and Ukraine represents an enormous volume of housing today and therefore a huge resource for the future development of cities. But transformation of these districts is needed due to the functional, societal, and technical problems and challenges they face. How can sustainable, socially compatible, ecological responsible, and economically efficient development be achieved? The book summarises the results of a three-year research project. Based on the selected case studies, it points out the qualities and values as well as the problems and potentials involved in spatially transforming prefabricated housing estates from the 1960s and 1970s. The specific features and characteristics of the socialist city are evaluated with respect to their potentials and difficulties, and with regard to the requirements placed on future district planning and development. Hence this book contributes to the on-going discussion and serves as a valuable basis for developing planning strategies.