Politics without a past : the absence of history in post-communist nationalism /

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Argues that the rise to power of quasi-nationalist demagogues in many post-communist countries is the result of "organized forgetting" orchestrated by communist regimes that left these countries with little common history

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen, Shari J., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1999.
Series:E-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Nationalism.
Post-communism.
History > Philosophy.
Nationalisme.
Postcommunisme.
nationalism.
89.22 nationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Nationalismus
Communisme.
Historisch besef.
Nationenbildung > Slowakei.
Nationalismus > Slowakei.
Kommunismus > Auswirkung > Tschechoslowakei.
Nationalismus > Slowakei > Geschichte > 1900-1999.
Élite (sciences sociales) > Slovaquie.
Nationalisme > Slovaquie > 1990- ...
Histoire > Philosophie.
Slowakei
Tschechoslowakei > Politik > Geschichte 1945-1992.
Slowakei > Tschechische Republik.
Tschechische Republik > Slowakei.
Slowakei > Nationalismus > Geschichte > 1900-1999.
Slovaquie > Histoire > Philosophie.
Slovaquie > Politique et gouvernement > 1993- ...
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The legacy of two totalitarianisms
  • 2. Historical consciousness, family stories, and nationalism
  • 3. Weak nationalism in Slovakia: the precommunist period
  • 4. Islands of history: the Democrats and the Nationalists
  • 5. Organized forgetting: elites with no history
  • 6. Nationalism without nationalists? Democracy?
  • 7. Politics in a hall of mirrors.

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