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23 janvier 2013
- handle: 10670/1.ihtz0d
- isbn: 9789639776043
- eisbn: 9786155211423
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Centraland Eastern Europe Soviet Union historiography politics post-1989 memory morality nationalism communism revisionism Hungarian revolution post-Soviet Estonia Holocaust History HIS016000 HBAHSujets proches
Absolutism Tyranny Autocracy Political thought Government Political theory Civil government Commonwealth, The Science, Political Administration Politics History--Authorship History--Historiography History--Criticism Historical criticism Eastern Europe East Europe History--Authorship History--HistoriographyCiter ce document
Michal Kopeček, « In Search of “National Memory” », Central European University Press, ID : 10670/1.ihtz0d
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The complex process of transition from communist dictatorship to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe also involved the transformation of historiography which, during the communist dictatorship, served to a large extent as a means of legitimization of Communist Party rule. On the basis of strict Marxist-Leninist rules, historians were expected to interpret the socialist revolution and communist government as the highest and most progressive stage of historical development. This kind of his...