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In the captivity of the matrix : Soviet Lithuanian historiography, 1944-1985 /

This book is about the past and its falsification, historians and the Soviet ideological Matrix. It aims to unveil the formation and existence of Soviet-era Lithuanian historiography, to show how it was affected by mechanisms that created it, and to discuss what kinds of behavioural models different...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Švedas, Aurimas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2014.
Colección:On the boundary of two worlds ; 38.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • In the Captivityof the Matrix: Soviet Lithuanian Historiography, 1944-1985; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Historiography; PROLOGUE What Forms had Lithuanian Historiography Taken on Prior to the Soviet Occupation?; CHAPTER 1 Characteristics of Soviet-Era Lithuanian Historiography; External Characteristics; Internal Characteristics; CHAPTER 2 Formation of the Official Historical Discourse (1944-1956); Position: Factors that Formed the Discourse; Opposition I: The Challenge Posed by the Older Generation of Historians ("Lost in Time and Space").
  • Opposition II: The Stance Taken by the "Ideologically Oriented Humanists"Opposition III: "An Outsider" Who Wanted to do Small but Good Deeds in History; The Search for Turning-Points in the Evolution of Soviet-Era Lithuanian Historiography: 1956 ; CHAPTER 3 Processes within the Official Discourse (1957-1985); Historians' Behaviour Models and the Official Discourse; Scholars' Attempts at Correcting the Official Discourse; "Janus" Challenges the Community of Historians and the Official Version of the Past; Tensions in the Historians' Community in the 1970s-1980s.
  • CHAPTER 4 "Syntheses of History": Expression of the Official Discourse and the Search for AlternativesThe Periodization Model in Soviet-Era Syntheses of Lithuanian History; The Spatial Model in Soviet-Era Syntheses of Lithuanian History; The Search for Alternative Periodizations and Spatial Models; CHAPTER 5 Alternatives to the Official Discourse in Research on Feudalism; Features of Research on the Rise of Serfdom in Lithuania; The "Latently Operating Paradigm" in Research on Early Grand Duchy of Lithuanian Society; Conclusions; EPILOGUE A Glance at Post-Soviet Lithuanian Historiography.