Narratives Unbound

Historical studies in post-communist Eastern Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Av Péter Apor, Sorin Antohi, Balázs Trencsényi, Peter Apor, Balazs Trencsenyi

2 849 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

The first work that covers the post-Communist development of historical studies in six Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. A uniquely critical and qualitative analysis from a comparative and critical perspective, written by scholars from the region itself. Focusing on the first post-Communist decade, 1989–1999, the book offers a longer-term perspective that includes the immediate 'prehistory' of that momentous decade as well as its 'posthistoire'. The authors capture the spirit of 1989, that heady mix of elation, surprise, determination, and hope: l'ivresse du possible. This was the paradoxical beginning of Eastern European post-Communism: ushered in by 'anti-Utopian' revolutions, and slowly finding its course towards a bureaucratic, imitative, challenging, and anachronistic restoration of a capitalism that had changed almost beyond recognition when it had mutated into the negative double of Communism. Each individual chapter has numerous and detailed notes and references.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-07-15
Mått159 x 234 x 35 mm
Vikt862 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePasts Incorporated: Studies in the Humanities - CEU Press
Antal sidor512
FörlagCentral European University Press
ISBN9789637326851

Tillhör följande kategorier

Péter Apor is permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Humanities Research Center, Budapest.Balázs Trencsényi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University. Sorin Antohi is Associate Professor of History at the University of Bucharest, and at Central European University, Budapest; he is currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford.

Introduction Balázs Trencsényi and Péter Apor: Fine-Tuning the Polyphonic Past. Hungarian Historical Writing in the 1990s Maciej Górny: From the Splendid Past into the Unknown Future. Historical Studies in Poland after 1989 Pavel Kolár and Michal Kopecek: A Difficult Quest for New Paradigms: Czech Historiography After 1989 Zora Hlavicková: Wedged Between National and Trans-National History: Slovak Historiography in the 1990s Cristina Petrescu and Dragos Petrescu: Mastering vs. Coming to Terms with the Past. A Critical Analysis of Post-Communist Romanian Historiography Ivan Elenkov, Daniela Koleva: Historical Studies in Bulgaria. Between Academic Standards and Political Agendas

"An excellent addition to the existing literature on postsocialist historiography in eastern and southeastern Europe. A particular strength of the contributions is their coherence. This well-edited book will appeal not only to specialists of east central and southeastern European history and historiography but would also be an asset in classes dealing with collective memory and historiography in this region."