In the Captivity of the Matrix

Soviet Lithuanian Historiography, 1944-1985
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-420-3911-7
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: On the Boundary of Two Worlds

This book is about the past and its falsification, historians and the Soviet ideological Matrix. It aims to unveil the formation and existence of Soviet-era Lithuanian historiography, to show how it was affected by mechanisms that created it, and to discuss what kinds of behavioural models different scholars choose in front of the dilemma: to tell the truth or to lie? The answering of these questions determined the structure of the book, which consists of a prologue, five parts and an epilogue.
The book will be useful for those interested in the politics of Soviet history and the evolution of the historiography of that time, the processes of the indoctrination of Soviet society, the relationship between the intellectuals and the authorities of the Soviet period.

Aurimas Švedas is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of History, Vilnius University. His area of research is history of historiography, history politics, communicative and cultural memory, oral history. His most recent books are (in the Lithuanian language): Painting Was Like a Door. Aurimas Švedas Speaks with Petras Repšys, Vilnius, 2013; (With Lina Kaminskaite- Jancoriene) Episodes For a Final Film. Film Director Almantas Grikevicius, Vilnius, 2013.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Totalitarismus & Diktaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Historiography
Prologue: What Forms had Lithuanian Historiography Taken on Prior to the Soviet Occupation?

Chapter 1: Characteristics of Soviet-Era Lithuanian Historiography
Chapter 2: Formation of the Official Historical Discourse (1944–1956)
Chapter 3: Processes within the Official Discourse (1957–1985)
Chapter 4: “Syntheses of History”: Expression of the Official Discourse and the Search for Alternatives
Chapter 5: Alternatives to the Official Discourse in Research on Feudalism

Conclusions
Epilogue: A Glance at Post-Soviet Lithuanian Historiography

Endnotes
References
Index