A Laboratory of Transnational History - Ukraine and Recent Ukrainian Historiography (Paperback)

This is a first attempt to present an approach to Ukrainian history which goes beyond the standard 'national narrative' schemes, predominant in the majority of post-Soviet countries after 1991, in the years of implementing 'nation-building projects'. This is an unrivalled collection of essays by the finest scholars in the field from Ukraine, Russia, USA, Germany, Austria and Canada, superbly written to a high academic standard. The various chapters are methodologically innovative and thought-provoking. The biggest Eastern European country has ancient roots but also the birth pangs of a new autonomous state. Its historiography is characterized by animated debates, in which this book takes a definite stance. The history of Ukraine is not written here as a linear, teleological narrative of ethnic Ukrainians but as a multicultural, multidimensional history of a diversity of cultures, religious denominations, languages, ethical norms, and historical experience. It is not presented as causal explanation of 'what has to have happened' but rather as conjunctures and contingencies, disruptions, and episodes of 'lack of history.'

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	August 2009
Editors:	Georgiy Kasianov (Head of the Department of Contemporary History and Politics) • Philipp Ther (Lecturer)
Dimensions:	229 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-963-97764-3-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Promotions
LSN:	963-97764-3-2
Barcode:	9789639776432

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