Remaking Polish National History: Reenactment over Reflection
- After bringing the constitutional court to a standstill and cleansing public television to make it conform to party-political criteria, the Polish government that dominated by the PiS party has shifted its attention to the politics of memory. The article gives a critical review of recent steps taken by the government and parliament to stir the public representation of contemporary history in a national conservative, “patriotic” direction. This "historical policy" not only comes at the expensiveAfter bringing the constitutional court to a standstill and cleansing public television to make it conform to party-political criteria, the Polish government that dominated by the PiS party has shifted its attention to the politics of memory. The article gives a critical review of recent steps taken by the government and parliament to stir the public representation of contemporary history in a national conservative, “patriotic” direction. This "historical policy" not only comes at the expensive of pluralism, but it has also already resulted in public unrest.…
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0054 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Florian PetersGND |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | Remaking Polish National History: Reenactment over Reflection |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2020/02/12 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2019/01/07 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2016/10/03 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | IPN; cursed soldiers Museum of Second World War; PiS; Poland; historical policy; legislation |
| GND Keyword: | Polen; Muzeum II Wojny Światowej; Gesetzgebung; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość; Instytut Pamięci Narodowej; Geschichtspolitik |
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| File Size: | 798 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
