Nostalgia and the Collective Memory of Communism in the Czech Republic. Lessons from an Oral History Study of the Last Pioneers

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Nostalgia and the Collective Memory of Communism in the Czech Republic. Lessons from an Oral History Study of the Last Pioneers

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study attempts to define what nostalgia meant for communism in 2005 in the Czech Republic. It is based on the oral history interviews conducted by students at Charles University (Prague), at a time when the Communist Party was still polling 20% of the vote. It exposes, and reflects on the discrepancy between personal and collective memories in their relationship to the communist past, torn as they were between a critical view and happy memories. A sentimental reading of the past, a “retro attitude”, had already emerged at the time; it referred to the human dimension of life under communism: solidarity, friendship, rapport between the people, as well as to affectionate reminiscences of certain everyday life products. On the other hand, shortages, surveillance and repression seemed largely forgotten. However, this article mainly shows that the concept of nostalgia has been politicized to the point that it has primarily served to disqualify people for having compromised themselves regarding the communist regime – or for having been too lenient with those who did. Nostalgia, thus, was, and remains, more about the post-communist present than about the communist past.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Nostalgia and the Collective Memory of Communism in the Czech Republic. Lessons from an Oral History Study of the Last Pioneers

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study attempts to define what nostalgia meant for communism in 2005 in the Czech Republic. It is based on the oral history interviews conducted by students at Charles University (Prague), at a time when the Communist Party was still polling 20% of the vote. It exposes, and reflects on the discrepancy between personal and collective memories in their relationship to the communist past, torn as they were between a critical view and happy memories. A sentimental reading of the past, a “retro attitude”, had already emerged at the time; it referred to the human dimension of life under communism: solidarity, friendship, rapport between the people, as well as to affectionate reminiscences of certain everyday life products. On the other hand, shortages, surveillance and repression seemed largely forgotten. However, this article mainly shows that the concept of nostalgia has been politicized to the point that it has primarily served to disqualify people for having compromised themselves regarding the communist regime – or for having been too lenient with those who did. Nostalgia, thus, was, and remains, more about the post-communist present than about the communist past.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

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

<a href="/cs/project/GA16-26104S" target="_blank" >GA16-26104S: Vládnoucí a ovládaní v Československu a Polsku (1945-1968): Praktické a metodologické výzvy v historicizaci komplexního vztahu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Nostalgia on the Move

ISBN

978-86-84811-43-3

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

62-74

Počet stran knihy

116

Název nakladatele

Museum of Yugoslavia

Místo vydání

Belgrade

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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