Ideology, Memory and Religion in Post-Communist East Central Europe: A Comparative Study Focused on Post-Holocaust

Post-communist East-Central Europe is witnessing a clash of memories focused on its recent past. Whereas Western memory is constructed around the “politics of regret” and responsibility-assumption vis-à-vis the Holocaust, Eastern memory focuses to a large extent on responsibility-attribution for the...

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Publié dans:Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Auteur principal: Shafir, Michael 1944- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: CEEOL [2016]
Dans: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Osteuropa / Postcommunisme / Idéologie / Religion / Mémoire collective
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
KBK Europe de l'Est
Sujets non-standardisés:B Holocaust
B Double Genocide
B Competitive Martyrdom
B Antisemitism
B Holocaust Obfuscation
B Judeo-Communism
B Crimes against humanity
B Genocide
B Prague Declaration
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Résumé:Post-communist East-Central Europe is witnessing a clash of memories focused on its recent past. Whereas Western memory is constructed around the “politics of regret” and responsibility-assumption vis-à-vis the Holocaust, Eastern memory focuses to a large extent on responsibility-attribution for the trauma of communist rule. These are comparable traumatic experiences, but due to different “cognitive mapping” and different mnemonic social frameworks, Eastern memory has produced a post-mnemonic framework that allows for a creeping justification of interwar Radical Right ideologies; for the transmogrification some of their standard-bearers into anti-communist heroes and martyrs; and the obfuscation World War II history. In some countries, religion and its past representatives are used for the same purpose.
ISSN:1583-0039
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies