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HAIDER Barbara
- HYE Hans Peter (Hg.)
1848: Ereignis und Erinnerung in den politischen Kulturen Mitteleuropas
Year of publication: 2003
Publisher: VÖAW
Format: 315 Seiten, 24x15cm, Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
Serial:
Zentraleuropa-Studien
7
ISBN10: 3-7001-3134-8
ISBN13: 978-3-7001-3134-2
Price:
€ 59,00
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Authors from Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria deal with the impact the memory of the revolution of 1848/49 had on the development of the political culture in their respective countries. Although the Central European events of 1848 were imbedded in a concatenation of international causes, their consequences made themselves felt in a national manner: the traditions of history in Central and Eastern Europe were split and separated from each other by educational systems, ignorance of neighbouring cultures, and appeal to a restricted public. nThe memory of 1848 did however not only favour the partition of political cultures with regard to content. It contributed to the development of long-standing images of oneself and of the others, which in turn substantially influenced modes and forms of interactions in Central and Eastern Europe. Thus, in many cases the events of 1848 served domestical propaganda and mobilisation. Some contributions examine the way 1848 found its expression in Central and Eastern European historiographies and which lines of tradition emerged from it. Others trace its literary aftermath or deal with the way jubilees (1873, 1898, 1923, 1938, 1948) were celebrated. These occasions clearly showed the influence on memory of more recent events, e.g. the foundation of the German Kaiserreich, the victory of republican and nation-state principles after World War I, the annexation of Austria and the German Parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitlers Reich, or the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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