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Becoming post-Communist : Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe / editor : Eli Lederhendler.

Other author/creatorLederhendler, Eli.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Descriptionxii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Religion
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)
Antisemitism--Europe, Central --History --21st century.
Antisemitism--Europe, Eastern --History --21st century.
Post-communism--Europe, Central --21st century.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern --21st century.
Jews--Migrations --History --21st century.
Europe, Central--Politics and government --21st century.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government --21st century.
Portion of title Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe
Series Studies in contemporary Jewry ; XXXIII
Partial contents Becoming post-Communist : Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe -- Antisemitism, Holocaust, and genocide -- Cultural studies, literature, and religion -- History, biography, social and gender studies -- Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East.
Abstract "Across the landscape that until 1939 housed most of the world's Jewish population, the closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals: the overturning of the East European communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement. The legacy of the Jewish presence in those countries, as viewed from today's vantage point, and the ways in which it became enmeshed in the quest by people of the region-Jews and non-Jews alike-to secure their prospects for the future, highlighted fundamental issues about the nature and quality of the politics of memory, national identity, and the continuity and relative stability of regimes in the region. If those questions were important even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, understanding their implications now seems even more crucial. In a field fraught with conflicting narratives, the challenges of social and political reconstruction are primary concerns for peoples and governments. The experts contributing to this volume apply interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and interpret a multiplicity of post-communist social realities and aid our understanding of recent events"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"The Avraham Harman Research Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem"
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022053504
ISBN9780197687215 (hardback)
ISBN(epub)

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