Mnemonic security and post-Soviet aphasia
Soviet monuments in Estonian media after Russian invasion of Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5700549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Yatsyk (0000-0001-5335-226X, IRHiS-UMR 8529, CNRS, Université de Lille, Lille, France, corresponding author), Vladimir Sazonov (0000-0001-9738-1329, University of Tartu) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-35 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2024.2343820 |
| OpenAlex | W4395068569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
The present paper analyses the public debates in Estonia related to the Soviet-era monuments in the aftermath of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of the ‘mnemonic security’. The latter concept implies a policy that makes certain historical memories ‘secure by delegitimizing or outright criminalizing others’ (Mälksoo 2015:221). In this context, the analytical focus is on such research questions as how a common past is remembered in a democratic society, and which groups adopt contrarian collective memories, including one that potentially endangers the identity of the titular nation. What makes it possible is a strategy that Mälksoo attributes to the Ukrainian society that is seeking self-emancipation. If applied to Estonia, this self-emancipation refers primarily to the domestic issues, aiming to erase the references to the Soviet (Russia-style) meanings in the collective identity of Russian-speakers in Estonia and to re-invent the new ones, grounded in pre-Soviet times
Aphasia · Art · Estonian · Linguistics · Literature · Mnemonic · Political science · Russian culture · Russian language · Russian literature · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Twenty Years After Communism
Introduction
The Patriotism of Despair
The return of suppressed memories in Eastern Europe
Memory must be defended’
Empty Spaces and the Value of Symbols
In the State of Post-Soviet Aphasia
Militant memocracy in International Relations
Commemorating Liberation and Occupation
The Bronze Soldier
In search of lost time
National or Multicultural? A Common Narrative about History in the Baltic States after 1991
A Baltic Struggle for a “European Memory
Collective Memory and Cultural History
The dissonant heritage
Creating Cultural Heritage for a Better Future. The case of the "District of Mutual Respect" in the Polish city of Wrocław
Mobile media, urban nostalgia and memory politics
The role of communities in preserving, using and remembering heritage
Critical discourse analysis
On Populist Reason - by Ernesto Laclau
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |