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Book SynopsisWhat do we remember from our national past and why? What are the dangers of history being (mis-)appropriated by politicians?
Past in the Present provides a critical analysis of recent disputes over Polish historiography. The author uses theories of collective memory as a guideline, and the Polish-German borderlands as his leitmotif. Western academic currents and long-standing (and often forgotten) Polish intellectual traditions serve as backdrop. Throughout his work – with topics ranging from Golo Mann and Stefan Czarnowski to the «other side of memory» and the «political cult of the fallen» – Traba advocates modernization and «polyphony» in the construction of a new Polish history.
Trade Review«[...] 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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Table of ContentsContents: Polish Dilemmas: Practice and theory – Poles and Germans: Theory – Poles and Germans: The empirical world.
