Memory Crash
Politics of History in and around Ukraine, 1980s–2010s
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Author(s)
Kasianov, Georgiy
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Language
EnglishAbstract
This account of historical politics in Ukraine, framed in a broader European context, shows how social, political, and cultural groups have used and misused the past from the final years of the Soviet Union to 2020. Georgiy Kasianov details practices relating to history and memory by a variety of actors, including state institutions, non-governmental organizations, political parties, historians, and local governments. He identifies the main political purposes of these practices in the construction of nation and identity, struggles for power, warfare, and international relations.
Kasianov considers the Ukrainian case in the context of a global increase in the politics of history and memory, with particular emphasis on a distinctive East-European variety. He pays special attention to the use and abuse of history in relations between Ukraine, Russia, and Poland.
Keywords
East and West; Identity; International relations; Media; Museums; Nationalism; PostcommunismISBN
9789633863800Publisher
Central European University PressPublisher website
http://books.openedition.org/ceup/Publication date and place
Budapest, 2022Classification
General and world history
European history
National liberation and independence