Kasianov / Ther A Laboratory of Transnational History

Ukraine and Recent Ukrainian Historiography
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-615-5211-55-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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A first attempt to present an approach to Ukrainian history which goes beyond the standard 'national narrative' schemes, predominant in the majority of post-Soviet countries after 1991, in the years of implementing 'nation-building projects'.An unrivalled collection of essays by the finest scholars in the field from Ukraine, Russia, USA, Germany, Austria and Canada, superbly written to a high academic standard. The various chapters are methodologically innovative and thought-provoking. The biggest Eastern European country has ancient roots but also the birth pangs of a new autonomous state. Its historiography is characterized by animated debates, in which this book takes a definite stance. The history of Ukraine is not written here as a linear, teleological narrative of ethnic Ukrainians but as a multicultural, multidimensional history of a diversity of cultures, religious denominations, languages, ethical norms, and historical experience. It is not presented as causal explanation of 'what has to have happened' but rather as conjunctures and contingencies, disruptions, and episodes of 'lack of history.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kasianov, Georgiy

Ther, Philipp

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Georgiy Kasianov, Philipp Ther I. National versus Transnational History Georgiy Kasianov “Nationalized” History: Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future… Mark von Hagen Revisiting the Histories of Ukraine Andreas Kappeler From an Ethno-national to a Multiethnic to a Transnational Ukrainian History Philipp Ther The Transnational Paradigm of Historiography and Its Potential for Ukrainian History II. Ukrainian History Rewritten Natalia Yakovenko Choice of Name versus Choice of Path: The Names of Ukrainian Territories from the Late Sixteenth to the Late Seventeenth Century Oleksiy Tolochko Fellows and Travelers: Thinking about Ukrainian History in the Early Nineteenth Century Alexei Miller and Oksana Ostapchuk The Latin and Cyrillic Alphabets in Ukrainian National Discourse and in the Language Policy of Empires John-Paul Himka Victim Cinema. Between Hitler and Stalin: Ukraine in World War II—The Untold Story Yaroslav Hrytsak On the Relevance and Irrelevance of Nationalism in Contemporary Ukraine Roman Szporluk The Making of Modern Ukraine: The Western Dimension About the Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ther, Philipp
Philipp Ther teaches modern European history at the Department of History and Civilization, European University Institute (Florence).

Kasianov, Georgiy
Georgiy Kasianov is Head of the Department of Contemporary History and Politics at the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is an author, co-author and co-editor of more than twenty books on the history of Ukraine in the 19th–21th centuries.