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The Sacred Power of History: The Useful Past and the Politics of Memory in Eastern Europe
Alexander Agadjanian
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This chapter gives an overview of the major themes of the volume. Sacralized history has been a widespread—sometimes, the central—mnemonic strategy in the Eastern European nations over the past few decades after the breakup of the communist/socialist era. The reason of the upsurge of such sacralization efforts was its powerful emotional energy, a relative weakness of the tradition of rational political mechanics, and the legitimacy-seeking populist policies of the ruling regimes. The process of sacralization turned into bitter contestations over history and its sacra by various nations and political actors.
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Alexander Agadjanian
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- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
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- 10.5117/9789048570171_ch15
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