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1 online resource (x, 190 pages .) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; PART I Foundation to narrative social psychology; 1 Narrative psychology; 2 Personal and social identity; 3 National identity; 4 Identity-related psychological processes in group narratives; 5 Emotion regulation in historical narratives; 6 Narrative Categorical content analysis (NarrCat); PART II Hungarian national identity in historical narratives; 7 Characteristics of the Hungarian national identity in respect of agency, evaluation, emotions and cognitive states |
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8 Emotional patterns in Hungarian historical novels9 Emotions in realistic intergroup conflicts: historical anchoring of intergroup emotions; PART III Collective trauma; 10 Collective trauma and collective trauma elaboration; 11 Elaboration of the trauma of the Trianon Peace Treaty in history textbooks from the aspects of cognitive processes and emotions; 12 Intergroup evaluation as an indicator of emotional elaboration of collective traumas in national historical narratives |
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13 Elaboration of the trauma of the Trianon Peace Treaty in the Hungarian press as reflected in the tendencies of agency, cognition, emotions and evaluations14 Summary and looking forward; Appendix I: Narratives presented in the questionnaire on events in which the Hungarians were victims of aggression by outgroups; Appendix II: Narratives presented in the questionnaire on events in which the Hungarians were perpetrators of aggression against outgroups; Appendix III: History textbooks 1920-2010 |
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Appendix IV: Daily papers included in the media analysis classified according to political orientationReferences; Index |
| Summary |
Social psychologists argue that people's past weighs on their present. Consistent with this view, Historical Tales and National Identity outlines a theory and a methodology which provide tools for better understanding the relation between the present psychological condition of a society and representations of its past. Author Janos Laszlo argues that various kinds of historical texts including historical textbooks, texts derived from public memory (e.g. media or oral history), novels, and folk narratives play a central part in constructing national identity. Consequently, with a pr |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social psychology.
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National characteristics.
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Historical drama.
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Psychology, Social
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social psychology.
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Historical drama
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National characteristics
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Social psychology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1134746431 |
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9781134746439 |
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