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Heritage, Ideology, and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

2012 Architecture
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Release : 2012
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Heritage, Ideology, and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe by : Matthew Rampley

Download or read book Heritage, Ideology, and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe written by Matthew Rampley. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays looking at heritage practices and the construction of the past, along with how they can be used to build a national identity. The preservation of architectural monuments has played a key role in the formation of national identities from the nineteenth century to the present. The task of maintaining the collective memories and ideas of a shared heritage often focused on the historic built environment as the most visible sign of a link with the past. The meaning of such monuments and sites has, however, often been the subject of keen dispute: whose heritage is being commemorated, by whom and for whom? The answers to such questions are not always straightforward, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, the recent history of which has been characterized by territorial disputes, the large-scale movement of peoples, and cultural dispossession. This volume considers the dilemmas presented by the recent and complex histories of European states such as Germany, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Examining the effect ofthe destruction of buildings by war, the loss of territories, or the "unwanted" built heritage of the Communist and Nazi regimes, the contributors examine how architectural and urban sites have been created, destroyed, or transformed, in the attempt to make visible a national heritage. Matthew Rampley is Professor of History of Art at the University of Birmingham. Contributors: Matthew Rampley, Juliet Kinchin, Paul Stirton, SusanneJaeger, Arnold Bartetzky, Jacek Friedrich, Tania Vladova, George Karatzas, Riitta Oittinen

Faces of Identity and Memory

2014 Cultural property
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Release : 2014
Genre : Cultural property
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Book Synopsis Faces of Identity and Memory by : Ewa Kocój

Download or read book Faces of Identity and Memory written by Ewa Kocój. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Heritage of Central and Eastern Europe is still little known, but is increasingly being exposed as an area for scientific research. This region of Europe has experienced exceptional historical events in the twentieth century. Along the majority societies associated with different states, there lived communities of the minority and stateless, torn by totalitarian regimes of the previous century. The politics of assimilation aimed at the national, ethnic, and religious minorities has taken an enormous toll on their cultural heritage. The empty, devastated Jewish synagogues, Orthodox, Greek and Roman Catholic churches serving as warehouses are still to be seen on these lands. We encounter fallen mansions or houses abandoned in a hurry of those who once lived their life in a colourful multicultural reality of the borderland. The fall of communism in this part of Europe has restored the memory of the "absent" and triggered activities to rescue their tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Central-Eastern Europe, the passing decades have been characterized by many interesting and new projects created within the framework of the forgotten and uncomfortable heritage, undertaken by many public, self-government, private and non-profit institutions. They are supported by the organizers and implementers of culture, as well as regional activists and enthusiasts who realize there will be a big void in the history and collective memory of this region if the minorities' heritage is to disappear.

Political Transformation and Changing Identities in Central and Eastern Europe

2008 Europe, Central
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Release : 2008
Genre : Europe, Central
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Book Synopsis Political Transformation and Changing Identities in Central and Eastern Europe by : Andrew M. Blasko

Download or read book Political Transformation and Changing Identities in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrew M. Blasko. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe

2014-03-21 Social Science
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Release : 2014-03-21
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe by : Tomasz Zarycki

Download or read book Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe written by Tomasz Zarycki. This book was released on 2014-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world. Drawing on post-colonial theory and on identity discourses in the writings of local intelligentsia figures, the book shows how people in these countries no longer think of themselves as part of the "east", and how they have invented new stereotypes of the countries to the east of them, such as Ukraine and Belarus, to which they see themselves as superior. The book demonstrates how there are a whole range of ideologies of "eastness", how these have changed over time, and how such ideologies impact, in a practical way, relations with countries further east.

Cultural Heritage of East Central Europe

2015-01-02 History
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Release : 2015-01-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Cultural Heritage of East Central Europe by : Wojciech Roszkowski

Download or read book Cultural Heritage of East Central Europe written by Wojciech Roszkowski. This book was released on 2015-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of ‘culture’ is a relatively modern invention. It stems from the Latin term cultura meaning cultivation. Cicero was the first to use this word in a non-agricultural context. In his Tusculanae Disputationes he reflected on the ‘cultivation of the soul’ (cultura animi). Later this term was rarely used in this sense but as of the 17th century more and more authors considered culture an intellectual and not an agricultural phenomenon. Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694) described culture as a vehicle overcoming natural barbarism. He was followed by German philosophers of culture. Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) argued that human creativity was as important as human rationality and called attention to national cultures. The works of German romantic philosophers were mainly focused on the specificity of the German culture, a factor that was to unite divided German statehoods. At the same time, however, Herder and his followers noticed other national cultures, including first of all those of East and Central Europe. It is therefore noteworthy that the early philosophical reflection on culture was closely connected with the specific traditions of East and Central Europeans.

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