Was Socialism Weird? (Im)Possibilities of Left-Wing Cultural Memory

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Was Socialism Weird? (Im)Possibilities of Left-Wing Cultural Memory

Original language description

The heritage of former socialist regimes in East-Central Europe is considered as a conflicting legacy which still affects memory practices. It is also reflected in preserving and displaying material and intangible heritage of socialism as the idea, often being either &quot;kidnapped&quot; by bare condemning interpretation or simplified for purposes of commodified nostalgia. As stated by Todor Kuljić (2021), factual absence of a coherent left-wing narrative about the recent past is partially caused by the political left itself, being paralyzed by its &quot;non-heroic defeat&quot; in East-Central Europe and unable to create its own memory culture. Although interest in various aspects of socialist era rises in academic research, in memory culture the &quot;socialist man&quot; has somehow become a Stranger - being objectified through stereotypes, misunderstood and sometimes even erased as an autonomous historical actor.The paper aims to reflect possibilities and obstacles for shaping left-wing memory culture in former socialist countries. Loosely following the author&apos;s dissertation research of museum presentation of contemporary history in the area, we will try to consider whether such memory can be a bearing part of general cultural memory, what are its possible carriers, and if it could be a way to &quot;make socialist values great again&quot;.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů