Weaponizing the past: collective memory and Jews, Poles, and Communists in twenty-first century Poland
In Poland, contemporary political actors have constructed a narrative of Polish history since 1989 in which Polish and Jewish involvement with communism has created a national concept of we. Weaponizing the Past explores the resulting implications of national belonging through a lens of collective m...
Resumo: | In Poland, contemporary political actors have constructed a narrative of Polish history since 1989 in which Polish and Jewish involvement with communism has created a national concept of we. Weaponizing the Past explores the resulting implications of national belonging through a lens of collective memory. Taking a constructivist approach to electoral politics and nation making in Poland s past, this volume s dual line of inquiry articulates why and how elites politicize the past, what effect this politicization produces, and contextualizes this politicization to illustrate contemporary production of anti-Semitism |
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Descrição Física: | xiii, 218 Seiten |
ISBN: | 1805390503 |