The past in the present : the construction of Polish history
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The past in the present : the construction of Polish history
（Eastern European culture, politics and societies / edited by Irena Grudzińska-Gross and Andrzej Tymowski, v. 8）
Peter Lang Edition, c2015
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Przeszłość w teraźniejszości
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"This book combines material from two of my previously published works, Historia przestrzeń dialogu (2006) and Przeszłość w teraźniejszości ... (2009)."--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
What do we remember from our national past and why? What are the dangers of history being (mis-)appropriated by politicians? Past in the Present provides a critical analysis of recent disputes over Polish historiography. The author uses theories of collective memory as a guideline, and the Polish-German borderlands as his leitmotif. Western academic currents and long-standing (and often forgotten) Polish intellectual traditions serve as backdrop. Throughout his work – with topics ranging from Golo Mann and Stefan Czarnowski to the «other side of memory» and the «political cult of the fallen» – Traba advocates modernization and «polyphony» in the construction of a new Polish history.
Table of Contents
Contents: Polish Dilemmas: Practice and theory – Poles and Germans: Theory – Poles and Germans: The empirical world.
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