ISBN:
9780197687215
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 292 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Studies in contemporary Jewry 33
DDC:
305.892/4043
Keywords:
Politische Kultur
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Juden
;
Antisemitismus
;
Postkommunismus
;
Nationalismus
;
Osteuropa
;
Antisemitism / Europe, Central / History / 21st century
;
Antisemitism / Europe, Eastern / History / 21st century
;
Post-communism / Europe, Central / 21st century
;
Post-communism / Europe, Eastern / 21st century
;
Jews / Migrations / History / 21st century
;
Europe, Central / Politics and government / 21st century
;
Europe, Eastern / Politics and government / 21st century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Osteuropa
;
Juden
;
Postkommunismus
;
Politische Kultur
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Antisemitismus
;
Nationalismus
Abstract:
"Across the landscape that until 1939 housed most of the world's Jewish population, the closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals: the overturning of the East European communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement. The legacy of the Jewish presence in those countries, as viewed from today's vantage point, and the ways in which it became enmeshed in the quest by people of the region-Jews and non-Jews alike-to secure their prospects for the future, highlighted fundamental issues about the nature and quality of the politics of memory, national identity, and the continuity and relative stability of regimes in the region. If those questions were important even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, understanding their implications now seems even more crucial. In a field fraught with conflicting narratives, the challenges of social and political reconstruction are primary concerns for peoples and governments. The experts contributing to this volume apply interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and interpret a multiplicity of post-communist social realities and aid our understanding of recent events"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197687215.001.0001
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