Collective identities and post-war violence in Europe, 1944-48 : reshaping the nation /
This book analyzes the process of reshaping liberated societies in post-1945 Europe. Postwar societies tried to solve three main questions immediately after the dark times of occupation. Who could be considered a patriot and a valuable member of the respective national community? How could relations...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2022].
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| Series: | World histories of crime, culture and violence.
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| Summary: | This book analyzes the process of reshaping liberated societies in post-1945 Europe. Postwar societies tried to solve three main questions immediately after the dark times of occupation. Who could be considered a patriot and a valuable member of the respective national community? How could relations between men and women be (re-)established? How could the respective society strengthen national cohesion? Violence in rather different forms appeared to be a powerful tool for such a complex reshaping of societies. The chapters are based on present primary research about specific cases and consider the different political, mental and cultural developments in various nation-states between 1944 and 1948. Examples from Italy, France, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Czechoslovakia and Hungary demonstrate a new comparative and fascinating picture of postwar Europe. This perspective overcomes the notorious East-West dividing line, without covering the manifold differences between individual European countries. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 334 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783030783853 3030783855 |