Of Red Dragons and Evil Spirits: Post-Communist Historiography Between Democratization and the New Politics of History

by Oto Luthar

The collection of well-researched essays assesses the uses and misuses of history 25 years after the collapse of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe. As opposed to the revival of national histories that seemed to be the prevailing historiographical approach of the 1990s, the last decade has seen a particular set of narratives equating Nazism and Communism. This provides opportunities to exonerate wartime collaboration, casting the nation as victim even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9633861519
• ISBN13: 9789633861516
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher