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OverviewUnderstanding Europe's past became an urgent matter with the events of August 1991 in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. The invasion of Moscow's streets by Russian people rejecting an attempted coup d'etat was the culmination of a process that had been initiated years before and raised crucial questions: To what extent can these events be considered the end of an era stretching from World War I to the 1980s, when Europe experienced many forms of dictatorship? To what extent can the various forms of dictatorship Europe experienced in the twentieth century be grouped together? Can any sort of affinity be established between them? In her new introduction to the paperback edition of this volume in the Memory and Narrative series, Passerini underlines the fundamental importance of the struggle for memory and its meaning. Memory and Totalitarianism explores the remembered experiences of individuals living under different totalitarian regimes, and examines the construction of memory in the aftermath of those regimes' collapse. It attempts to situate the findings of oral history in the context of contemporary memory. It wrestles with the most painful memories that Europeans have of this century at the end of the Cold War. These memories compare with oral history's research into such experiences as racist attitudes against blacks in the South, or the cultural and psychological effects of apartheid in South Africa, or the Aborigines' claim to their own history and to a new idea of history in Australia. Totalitarianisms are products of the twentieth century that go far beyond earlier manifestations of absolutism and autocracy in their effort to completely control political, social, and intellectual life. They were made possible by modern industrialism and technology. Therefore the theme of the book expands to include many other experiences that relate to totalitarian mentalities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luisa PasseriniPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Edition: Revised ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781412804653ISBN 10: 1412804655 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 31 May 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Transaction Edition, RICHARD CROWNSHAW AND SELMA LEYDESDORFF, List of Contributors, 1. Introduction, 2. Antagonistic Memories: The Post-War Survival and Alienation of ]ews and Germans, 3. Where Were You on 17 June? A Niche in Memory, 4. A German Generation of Reconstruction: The Children of the Weimar Republic in the GDR, 5. After Glasnost: Oral History in the Soviet Union, 6. The Gulag in Memory, 7. The Abduction of lmre Nagy and his Group: The 'Rashomon' Effect, 8. Mujeres Libres: The Preservation of Memory under the Politics of Repression in Spain, 9. A Shattered Silence: The Life Stories of Survivors of thej ewish Proletariat of Amsterdam, 10. Don't Forget: Fragments of a Negative TraditionReviewsAuthor InformationLuisa Passerini Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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