Weaponizing the Past: Collective Memory and Jews, Poles, and Communists in Twenty-First Century Poland (Worlds of Memory #11)

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Synopsis
In Poland, contemporary political actors have constructed a narrative of Polish history since 1989 in which Polish and Jewish involvement with communism has created a national concept of “we.” Weaponizing the Past explores the resulting implications of national belonging through a lens of collective memory. Taking a constructivist approach to electoral politics and nation making in Poland’s past, this volume’s dual line of inquiry articulates why and how elites politicize the past, what effect this politicization produces, and contextualizes this politicization to illustrate contemporary production of anti-Semitism.
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2023

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ISBN-13:
9781805390510
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9781805390503
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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