Beschreibung
What do we remember from our national past and why? What are the dangers of history being (mis-)appropriated by politicians?
provides a critical analysis of recent disputes over Polish historiography. The author uses theories of
as a guideline, and the Polish-German borderlands as his leitmotif.
Autorenportrait
Robert Traba is a Polish historian with broad interests in collective memory, applied history, and regional history, above all in the Polish-German borderlands. In 1990 he founded the Cultural Community
in Olsztyn (Poland), whose focus is the regional history of Warmia/Masuria. Since 2006 he has been director of the Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
Rezension
«[...] the book is an invaluable resource for international scholars seeking to become familiar with some of the "greatest hits" of recent Polish memory research.»
(Ela Rossmiller, Pol-Int 2018)
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Inhalt
Contents: Polish Dilemmas: Practice and theory – Poles and Germans: Theory – Poles and Germans: The empirical world.
