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Author Gyani, Gabor, author

Title A nation divided by history and memory Hungary in the twentieth century and beyond / Gabor Gyani
Published London : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Ser
Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Two kinds of history -- Part I The past as experience and memory -- 1 The experience and remembrance of World War I -- 2 Image and reality of a divided country -- 3 Collective memory as a political instrument -- 4 Jewish experience and the memory of the Holocaust -- 5 Memory and discourse on the 1956 revolution -- Part II History as constructed by historians -- 6 Culture, nationalism and history -- 7 Cultic and ironic visions of Hungary -- 8 Revolution, uprising, civil war
9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "During the last few decades there has been a growing recognition of the great role that remembering and collective memory play in forming the historical awareness. In addition, the dominant national form of history writing also met some challenges on the side of a transnational approach to the past. In A Nation Divided by History and Memory a prominent Hungarian historian sheds light on how Hungary's historical image has become split as a consequence of the differences between the historian's conceptualisation of national history and its diverse representations in personal and collective memory. The book focuses on the shocking experiences and the intense memorial reactions generated by a few key historical events and the way of how they have been interpreted by the historical scholarship. The argument of A Nation Divided by History and Memory is placed into the context of an international historical discourse. The pioneering work is essential and enlightening reading for all historians, many sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists and the university students"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Collective memory -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
Memorials -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century
Collective memory
Historiography
Memorials
SUBJECT Hungary -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography
Subject Hungary
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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