Memories, which are subjective reconstructions of past events, reflect collectively constructed "truths" about the surrounding world, and, thus, contribute to the further construction of the image or interpretation of the past and the present. This book focuses on the topic of memory in the Middle and Far Eastern societies.

Memories contribute to the construction of the image or interpretation of the past and the present. This book focuses on the topic of memory in the Middle and Far East societies by highlighting non-European cases of practicing collective and historical memory. The Far East cases include the memory of the Japanese occupation of Korea, issues of Japanization policies within the Taiwanese society, the role of museums in Chinese patriotism, the issue of contemporary Japanese nationalists, and public memory evaluation in India. The Middle Eastern contexts concentrate on the impact of the Arab Spring, historical memory in the politics of Muslim movements and interpreting aspects of heritage.

Autorentext

Olga Barbasiewicz, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków. She focuses on memory politics, and Japanese-Korean relations. Karolina Rak, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of the Middle and Far East of JU. Her research interests include contemporary Muslim discourse. Michä Lipa, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of the Middle and Far East of JU. He is interested in theories of authoritarianism and democratization.

Inhalt

practicing collective and historical memory - memory of the Japanese occupation of Korea - the issues of Japanization policies within the Taiwanese society - the role of museums in strengthening Chinese patriotism - the issue of contemporary Japanese extreme nationalists - disintegration as an aspect of public memory evaluation in India