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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463986003321

Autore

Apor Péter

Titolo

Fabricating authenticity in Soviet Hungary : the afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the age of state socialism / / Péter Apor [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-85728-114-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

Disciplina

943.905

Soggetti

Memory - Political aspects - Hungary - History - 20th century

Collective memory - Hungary - History - 20th century

Political culture - Hungary - History - 20th century

Authenticity (Philosophy) - Political aspects - Hungary - History - 20th century

Communism - Hungary - History - 20th century

Dictatorship - Social aspects - Hungary - History - 20th century

Hungary History Revolution, 1918-1919 Influence

Hungary Politics and government 1918-1945

Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989

Hungary Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Prefiguration : the First Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Rákosi dictatorship before 1956 -- Resurrection : the emergence of 1919 and the counterrevolution after 1956 -- Lives : 1919 in the postwar trials of war criminals -- Funeral : the birth of the pantheon of the labour movement in Budapest -- Narration : history, fiction and proof in the representation of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1959-65 -- Epilogue: The agitators and the armoured train.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the memory of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, which proved crucial for communist Hungarian political culture in the twentieth century. Apor approaches the topic in an innovative way, focusing on the understudied aspects of European memory cultures. Offering great insights on how a dictatorship



remembers and the concept of authenticity, Apor's study integrates the broad range of processes through which history is sought to be rendered authentic. The volume successfully reveals the crooked history of the retrospective revisions of the iconic First Republic between the years of its 30th and 40th anniversary, 1949 and 1959.