Monumental Conflict: Controversies Surrounding the Removal of the Marshal Konev Statue in Prague

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Monumental Conflict: Controversies Surrounding the Removal of the Marshal Konev Statue in Prague

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Konev controversy has taken place in a divided society where the supporters of the opposition, with their stronghold in Prague, see the government as pro-Russian and ex-communist. It was likely further stimulated by the opposition&apos;s fear that the anti-communist consensus of the earlier decades was starting to erode and by a growing concern surrounding the Russian Federation&apos;s aggressive foreign policy towards neighbouring countries. The statue&apos;s removal from its prominent place in the centre of Prague, in a way, epitomizes the discontinuance of a previously existing informal agreement to separate the commemoration of the Red Army from the wider, more aggressively anti-communist memory politics. The controversy also confirms that the communist past is still a relatively important topic amongst the Czech public. It seems that anti-communist rhetoric is a recognizable, mobilizing force - at least, for some parts of society - and a tool that can be used against the government to help the (otherwise ideologically rather heterogeneous) opposition to find common ground. It would be interesting to further trace the form of this contemporary (now oppositional) anti-communism that, as we have seen, does not always have to be liberal or pro-European.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Monumental Conflict: Controversies Surrounding the Removal of the Marshal Konev Statue in Prague

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Konev controversy has taken place in a divided society where the supporters of the opposition, with their stronghold in Prague, see the government as pro-Russian and ex-communist. It was likely further stimulated by the opposition&apos;s fear that the anti-communist consensus of the earlier decades was starting to erode and by a growing concern surrounding the Russian Federation&apos;s aggressive foreign policy towards neighbouring countries. The statue&apos;s removal from its prominent place in the centre of Prague, in a way, epitomizes the discontinuance of a previously existing informal agreement to separate the commemoration of the Red Army from the wider, more aggressively anti-communist memory politics. The controversy also confirms that the communist past is still a relatively important topic amongst the Czech public. It seems that anti-communist rhetoric is a recognizable, mobilizing force - at least, for some parts of society - and a tool that can be used against the government to help the (otherwise ideologically rather heterogeneous) opposition to find common ground. It would be interesting to further trace the form of this contemporary (now oppositional) anti-communism that, as we have seen, does not always have to be liberal or pro-European.

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

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

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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