Memory, edited : taking liberties with history /
Rumsey, Abby Smith,
Memory, edited : taking liberties with history / Taking liberties with history Abby Smith Rumsey. - 248 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making the Past Make Sense -- The Work of Memory -- Self and Society -- History as Judge, Jury, and Executioner -- The Tyranny of History -- Final Things Are for Children -- The Afterlives of the Past -- Prey to Chance -- Radical Reality -- The Free and Indispensable Work.
"Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritarianism and the devastation wrought by regimes dependent on Big Lies to survive"--
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2022052573
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021118297 Uk
Collective memory--Soviet Union.
Collective memory--Russia.
Political culture--Soviet Union.
Political culture--Russia.
Soviet Union--Historiography.
Russia--Historiography.
Soviet Union--Intellectual life.
Russia--Intellectual life.
Soviet Union--In literature.
Russia--In literature.
Memory, edited : taking liberties with history / Taking liberties with history Abby Smith Rumsey. - 248 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making the Past Make Sense -- The Work of Memory -- Self and Society -- History as Judge, Jury, and Executioner -- The Tyranny of History -- Final Things Are for Children -- The Afterlives of the Past -- Prey to Chance -- Radical Reality -- The Free and Indispensable Work.
"Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritarianism and the devastation wrought by regimes dependent on Big Lies to survive"--
9780262048477 0262048477
2022052573
GBC3B9432 bnb
021118297 Uk
Collective memory--Soviet Union.
Collective memory--Russia.
Political culture--Soviet Union.
Political culture--Russia.
Soviet Union--Historiography.
Russia--Historiography.
Soviet Union--Intellectual life.
Russia--Intellectual life.
Soviet Union--In literature.
Russia--In literature.