Cohen Politics without a Past

The Absence of History in Postcommunist Nationalism
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9067-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

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Argues that the rise to power of quasi-nationalist demagogues in many post-communist countries is the result of "organized forgetting" orchestrated by communist regimes that left these countries with little common history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Shari J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Chronology 1: The Legacy of Two Totalitarianisms 2: Historical Consciousness, Family Stories, and Nationalism 3: Weak Nationalism in Slovakia: The Precommunist Period 4: Islands of History: The Democrats and Nationalists 5: Organized Forgetting: Elites with No History 6: Nationalism without Nationalists? Democracy without Democrats? 7: Politics in a Hall of Mirrors 8: Conclusion Appendix: List of Interviews Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Shari J. Cohen, a political scientist, is currently Senior Research Fellow at the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York City.