Understanding Europe's past became an urgent matter with the events
of August 1991 in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. The invasion
of Moscow's streets by Russian people rejecting an attempted coup
d'etat was the culmination of a process that had been initiated
years before and raised crucial questions: To what extent can these
events be considered the end of an era stretching from World War I
to the 1980s, when Europe experienced many forms of dictatorship?
To what extent can the various forms of dictatorship Europe
experienced in the twentieth century be grouped together? Can any
sort of affinity be established between them? The new introduction
to the paperback edition of this volume in the Memory and Narrative
series, Leydesdorff and Crownshaw underline the fundamental
importance of the struggle for memory and its meaning. Memory and
Totalitarianism explores the remembered experiences of individuals
living under different totalitarian regimes, and examines the
construction of memory in the aftermath of those regimes' collapse.
It attempts to situate the findings of oral history in the context
of contemporary memory. It wrestles with the most painful memories
that Europeans have of this century at the end of the Cold War.
These memories compare with oral history's research into such
experiences as racist attitudes against blacks in the South, or the
cultural and psychological effects of apartheid in South Africa, or
the Aborigines' claim to their own history and to a new idea of
history in Australia. Totalitarianisms are products of the
twentieth century that go far beyond earlier manifestations of
absolutism and autocracy in their effort to completely control
political, social, and intellectual life. They were made possible
by modern industrialism and technology. Therefore the theme of the
book expands to include many other experiences that relate to
totalitarian mentalities.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Memory and Narrative |
| Release date: |
October 2017 |
| First published: |
1992 |
| Editors: |
Luisa Passerini
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
177 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-52790-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
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| LSN: |
1-138-52790-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138527904 |
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