Nikolay Koposov (Atlanta Emory University)

Broschiertes Buch

Memory Laws, Memory Wars

Beschreibung

Examines the development of memory laws in Europe, Ukraine, and Russia and the contrasting purposes they serve in the identity politics of the East and West. This is a major contribution to the history of memory and ongoing conflicts over the legacy of the Second World War, Nazism, and communism.

Autor

Nikolay Koposov is a Russian historian currently teaching at Emory University, Atlanta, having previously worked at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and The Johns Hopkins University. He was Founding Dean of Russia's first and only (to date) liberal arts college - Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a joint venture of Saint-Petersburg State University and Bard College, New York. His research deals with various aspects of modern historiography and historical memory, from Early Modern France to post-Soviet Russia. His book How Historians Think (2001) was translated into French by Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales as De l'imagination historique (2009).

Produktdetails

• New Studies in European History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9781108410168
• ISBN-10: 1108410162
• Artikelnr.: 48687917