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The Case for Mesomnesia

Author(s): Timothy Garton Ash
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: communist past; Geschichtsaufarbeitung; Vergangenheitsbewältigung; Vergangenheitstbewältigungindustrie; recunoaşterea responsabilităţii sau vinei; prevenirea repetării abuzurilor; consolidare democratică; tămăduire; cleansing; reconciliere; Comisia pentru

Summary/Abstract: What can one do with a difficult past? the British historian asks and proceeds to analyse the way in which various countries have dealt or not with their pasts, whether a Communist one, a military dictatorship or apartheid, listing possible solutions and attitudes from a large variety, but pointing out three: forgetting, remembering and mesomnesia.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 43
  • Page Range: 55-59
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian
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