Memories from the future : Constative and performed identities in ideologized spaces
(2021) In Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies 4(1). p.173-186- Abstract
Although communism was a Western creation, its last consequences were implemented in southeastern Europe. In addition to the imposed aspects, there were local enthusiasms and excesses of zeal (euphemistically speaking), which attest to the existence of an identity matrix and a common mentality. Countries with an authoritarian tradition have absorbed this ideology of simultaneous denationalization and supra-nationalization to the deepest. In addition, after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Southeast European space preserved mass nostalgia: Stalin, Tito and Ceausescu are still guardianship figures for many of various social categories. Imperialist stability and/or glory are two of the most important reasons for forgetting... (More)
Although communism was a Western creation, its last consequences were implemented in southeastern Europe. In addition to the imposed aspects, there were local enthusiasms and excesses of zeal (euphemistically speaking), which attest to the existence of an identity matrix and a common mentality. Countries with an authoritarian tradition have absorbed this ideology of simultaneous denationalization and supra-nationalization to the deepest. In addition, after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Southeast European space preserved mass nostalgia: Stalin, Tito and Ceausescu are still guardianship figures for many of various social categories. Imperialist stability and/or glory are two of the most important reasons for forgetting communist terror. The research tries to identify and analyze the sources of historical instability that has an impact on the post-communist present - the communist heritage still looming large-, as well as to demystify certain stigmas unconditionally applied to Southeast European civilizations: corruption, laziness, negative Balkanization, frivolity and lack of consistency. This selective overview aims to decant common mentalities of synchrony in relation to diachrony.
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- Nicolau, Felix LU
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- 2021-05
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- published
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- keywords
- Authoritarianism, Communism, Corruption, Post-communism, Southeast Europe, Totalitarianism
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- Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies
- volume
- 4
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University
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- scopus:105007598319
- ISSN
- 2003-0924
- DOI
- 10.35824/SJRS.V4I1.22420
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- English
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- yes
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- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Lund University, Centre for Languages and Literature. All rights reserved.
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