Different Shades of the Past: History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2023

Different Shades of the Past

History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts

Edited by: Mateusz Kamionka and Przemysław Łukasik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111000596

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In his book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century the historian Yuval Noah Harrari wrote that man had the possibility to conquer the world precisely because he could create fictional stories and believe in them. People created more and more complex stories about themselves that served and continue to serve, according to the professor of the University of Jerusalem, building unity, social harmony and gaining power.

A narrative about past, in which memory fragmentation and victimisation play a large role, may be a temptation to instrumentalise the past. This is especially true in relation to the events of the twentieth century, when a series of bloody war conflicts occurred. As shown in the following post-conference volume, today the wars of the past (World War I and World War II, Indian-Pakistani war) and current conflicts (Russo-Ukrainian war, war in Sudan or Nagorno-Karabakh) are also a catalyst for the process of instrumentalisation. This process can be analysed both at the level of the evolution of the language of conflict, including the erosion of the values of democratic dialogue, and the use of specific means of commemorating the past (monuments, museums, the Internet).

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Łukasz Kamionka and Przemysław Łukasik, Institute of Political Science and Administration, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Mateusz Kamionka and Przemysław Łukasik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Between Wikipedia and a Museum: Historical Narrative “Tools”
Memory Politics and the Study of Crises in International Relations: Insights from Ukraine and Lithuania Dovilė Budrytė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Local Memory, International Conflicts: Case Study of the Katyn Memorial in Jersey City, USA Krzysztof Wasilewski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Sources of International Conflicts in Contemporary and Historical Context as a Threat to the Global Democratic and Liberal Order: Causes of Occurrence and Ways of Eradication Feliks Baranovskyi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
The Role of Historical Museums in Overcoming the Traumatic Past Nataliіa Bulanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Wiki-History of Crimea: Ukrainian and Russian Versions Maxim Potapenko and Mateusz Kamionka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
The Problem of Preserving Monumental Objects of Art during Contemporary International Conflicts (on the Example of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict) Elena Makarova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
From Different Perspectives: History as an Instrument of Politics
Historically Charged Conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh between War and Diplomatic Failure Arpine Maniero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
History as an Instrument of Continuing Indo-Pakistan Rivalry from 1947 till 2021 Rajendra Singh Thakur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
National History as Tools of Installing National Borders in Central Asia Countries Sharipov Shokhruz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Belgium – Its Neighbours and the Process from a Centralised to a Federalist State Ragnar Leunig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
History as an Instrument of Contemporary International Conflicts: The Case of the Sudanese States Joanna Bar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
The Comparison of Russian Propaganda: From the Years 1917–1921 to Nowadays Anhelina Bulanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: historians, scholars in the fields of political studies and politics of memory, students of international relations
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 211
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 2
Keywords: politics of memory; the instrumentalisation of history; international relations; Inter-state disputes and conflicts over history

eBook

Published: January 30, 2023
ISBN: 9783111000596

Hardcover

Published: January 30, 2023
ISBN: 9783111000251