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National history has once again become a battlefield. In internal
political conflicts, which are fought on the terrain of popular
culture, museums, schoolbooks, and memorial politics, it has taken
on a newly important and contested role. Irrespective of national
specifics, the narratives of new nationalism are quite similar
everywhere. National history is said to stretch back many
centuries, expressesing the historical continuity of a homogeneous
people and its timeless character. This people struggles for
independence, guided by towering leaders and inspired by the
sacrifice of martyrs. Unlike earlier forms of nationalism, the main
enemies are no longer neighbouring states, but international and
supranational institutions. To use national history as an
integrative tool, new nationalists claim that the media and school
history curricula should not contest or question the nation and its
great historical deeds, as doubts threaten to weaken and dishonour
the nation. This book offers a broad international overview of the
rhetoric, contents, and contexts of the rise of these renewed
national historical narratives, and of how professional historians
have reacted to these phenomena. The contributions focus on a wide
range of representative nations from around all over the globe.
National history has once again become a battlefield. In internal
political conflicts, which are fought on the terrain of popular
culture, museums, schoolbooks, and memorial politics, it has taken
on a newly important and contested role. Irrespective of national
specifics, the narratives of new nationalism are quite similar
everywhere. National history is said to stretch back many
centuries, expressesing the historical continuity of a homogeneous
people and its timeless character. This people struggles for
independence, guided by towering leaders and inspired by the
sacrifice of martyrs. Unlike earlier forms of nationalism, the main
enemies are no longer neighbouring states, but international and
supranational institutions. To use national history as an
integrative tool, new nationalists claim that the media and school
history curricula should not contest or question the nation and its
great historical deeds, as doubts threaten to weaken and dishonour
the nation. This book offers a broad international overview of the
rhetoric, contents, and contexts of the rise of these renewed
national historical narratives, and of how professional historians
have reacted to these phenomena. The contributions focus on a wide
range of representative nations from around all over the globe.
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