Image from Amazon.com
Twenty years after communism / Michael Bernhard and Jan Kubik.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199375165 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Collective memory -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies | Memorialization -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies | Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies | Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Case studiesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199375134DDC classification: 943.0009049 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: While the fall of the Berlin Wall is positively commemorated in the West, the former Soviet Bloc has a more complicated view of its legacy. In post-communist Eastern Europe, the way people remember state socialism is closely intertwined with the manner in which they envision historical justice. This book is concerned with the explosion of a politics of memory triggered by the fall of state socialism in Eastern Europe, and it takes a comparative look at the ways that communism and its demise have been commemorated (or not commemorated) by major political actors across the region.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While the fall of the Berlin Wall is positively commemorated in the West, the former Soviet Bloc has a more complicated view of its legacy. In post-communist Eastern Europe, the way people remember state socialism is closely intertwined with the manner in which they envision historical justice. This book is concerned with the explosion of a politics of memory triggered by the fall of state socialism in Eastern Europe, and it takes a comparative look at the ways that communism and its demise have been commemorated (or not commemorated) by major political actors across the region.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2014).