Review article
https://doi.org/10.17234/SEC.27.3
Conflicts over Past Heritage and Memory in Croatia: an Academic-Lay Publication in the Grips of Ideology (Abstract)
Jasna Čapo Žmegač
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper argues that vexed and divisive memories of Fascism and Communism persist in Croatia, with conflicts over memory regimes featuring in public discourse on an everyday basis, notwithstanding the fact that seventy and twenty-five years have elapsed since the collapse of the Ustasha (fascist) and communist regimes respectively. It is further argued that this memory divide is constantly reproduced by politicians and the mainstream media. Thus, what at first sight might appear to be empty signifiers—Communism and Fascism— are constantly reinforced in everyday discourse. The argument is elaborated through examining a case study concerning allegations made against an academic-lay publication.
Keywords
ideology; politics; memory; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
150860
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2015.
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