The Small World in Which the Great World Holds its Rehearsal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22265713 |
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| Authors | Imre Tarafás (0000-0001-7952-7400, Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Studies on Central Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2786-0922 • E-ISSN: 2786-0930 |
| Publisher | Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.47074/hsce.2021-1.14 |
| OpenAlex | W3158192667 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Misunderstanding of the present is the inevitable consequence of ignorance of the past. But a man may wear himself out just as fruitlessly in seeking to understand the past, if he is totally ignorant of the present. [] [T]he scholar who has no inclination to observe the men, the things, or the events around him will perhaps deserve the title [] of a useful antiquarian. He would be wise to renounce all claims to that of a historian. " 1 Although Moritz Csky is less stern than the above-quoted Marc Bloch, because he considers a "general interest in history" equally legitimate grounds for historical research as the intention of orienting ourselves in the present; his latest book demonstrates that for him as well, the study of the past is the path to understanding the problems of our present. The aim of Das Gedchtnis Zentraleuropas: Kulturelle und literarische Pojektionen auf eine Region is to give a conceptual framework and comparative material to understand the phenomena of globalization. For this, Csky chooses the study of Central Europe: a region which is defined by difference, plurality, and heterogeneity, a region where conflictual cultural processes once took place that are comparable to the present issues of the globalizing world. This Central Europe escapes virtually all traditional definitions, nevertheless, it gained a concrete political-geographical form in the image of the Habsburg Empire, which consequently provides the focus for Csky's book. As a result, historical Austria becomes 1 Bloch, The Historian's Craft, 36-37
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| Highly cited | No |
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