The President As the Culprit? Edvard Beneš and February 1948 in the Context of History Textbooks

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The President As the Culprit? Edvard Beneš and February 1948 in the Context of History Textbooks

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the presented study, the author discusses two key aspects of the second presidency of Edvard Beneš: his involvement in the 1948 Coup in Czechoslovakia, and the portrayal of both President Beneš and the February 1948 political crisis in history textbooks. The first part of this study will be dedicated to a detailed analysis of President Beneš&apos;s strategy in handling the governmental crisis and its limitations with regard to domestic as well as foreign affairs. The paper will simultaneously examine the strategy of the Communist Party alongside that of the non-communist parties, the resignation of cabinet ministers of the latter having ultimately triggered the crisis. The analysis will draw conclusions primarily from archival research findings, first-hand accounts and memoirs of direct participants of the February Coup, and discussions with post-1948 non-communist politicians in exile. The second part of this study will provide a thorough analysis of primary and secondary school history textbooks published both during the so-called &apos;Normalisation&apos; period (1969-1989) and the post-1989 democratic era. The analysis will aim to establish which issues related to the 1948 events were considered important and which facts, on the other hand, were being deliberately misinterpreted or suppressed. The author will also address the questions of how much space in the history curriculum has been provided for individual participants of the crisis, how historical reality is being constructed and how the key players - Edward Beneš and Klement Gottwald - are being represented. In this context, the text will also demonstrate the difficulty of assessing the role of president Beneš in the February 1948 Coup. Lastly, the analysis touches upon photographic and other documentary materials included in history textbooks.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The President As the Culprit? Edvard Beneš and February 1948 in the Context of History Textbooks

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the presented study, the author discusses two key aspects of the second presidency of Edvard Beneš: his involvement in the 1948 Coup in Czechoslovakia, and the portrayal of both President Beneš and the February 1948 political crisis in history textbooks. The first part of this study will be dedicated to a detailed analysis of President Beneš&apos;s strategy in handling the governmental crisis and its limitations with regard to domestic as well as foreign affairs. The paper will simultaneously examine the strategy of the Communist Party alongside that of the non-communist parties, the resignation of cabinet ministers of the latter having ultimately triggered the crisis. The analysis will draw conclusions primarily from archival research findings, first-hand accounts and memoirs of direct participants of the February Coup, and discussions with post-1948 non-communist politicians in exile. The second part of this study will provide a thorough analysis of primary and secondary school history textbooks published both during the so-called &apos;Normalisation&apos; period (1969-1989) and the post-1989 democratic era. The analysis will aim to establish which issues related to the 1948 events were considered important and which facts, on the other hand, were being deliberately misinterpreted or suppressed. The author will also address the questions of how much space in the history curriculum has been provided for individual participants of the crisis, how historical reality is being constructed and how the key players - Edward Beneš and Klement Gottwald - are being represented. In this context, the text will also demonstrate the difficulty of assessing the role of president Beneš in the February 1948 Coup. Lastly, the analysis touches upon photographic and other documentary materials included in history textbooks.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

(Non)Commemoration of the Heritage in Eastern Europe

ISBN

978-3-631-91530-1

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

153-180

Počet stran knihy

371

Název nakladatele

Peter Lang

Místo vydání

Berlin

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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