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The battle for the pasthow politics rewrites history /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The battle for the pastby Ivan Kurilla.
Reminder of title:	how politics rewrites history /
Author:	Kurilla, I. I.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2025.
Description:	xiii, 143 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	HistoryPolitical aspects.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3192-9
ISBN:	9789819531929$q(electronic bk.)

The battle for the pasthow politics rewrites history /
Kurilla, I. I.

The battle for the pasthow politics rewrites history /[electronic resource] :by Ivan Kurilla. - Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2025. - xiii, 143 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1. Stories About the Past -- Chapter 2. Materialized Past -- Chapter 3. The Past as a Field of Conflict and an Opportunity for Reconciliation -- Chapter 4. The Past as Action.

This book is about the dramatic changes that the world is witnessing in its attitude toward the past. For the first time in many generations, ordinary citizens around the globe have burst into disputes about history that were previously the province of politicians and scholars. These people are demolishing monuments, creating new myths for themselves and restoring the memory of names long forgotten. Everyone needs a past to build on, and people are no longer satisfied with history written without their participation. Politicians sense this demand and are experimenting with the past themselves-making it an instrument of political conflict and sacrificing it to their interests. The author of this study brings to bear many examples of America's "culture wars," a phenomenon that offers very interesting comparisons with Europe's "memory wars" and recent Russian conflicts over the past. Ivan Kurilla is a historian specializing in U.S.-Russia relations, national identity, and the political use of history. Formerly a professor at Volgograd State University and the European University at St. Petersburg, he has held research and teaching positions at Dartmouth College, George Washington University, Bowdoin College, and Wellesley College. Forced to leave Russia due to his opposition to the war in Ukraine, he now resides in the United States and continues his work in American academia.

ISBN: 9789819531929$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-95-3192-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1006114
History
--Political aspects.

LC Class. No.: D13

Dewey Class. No.: 901

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