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Nationalization of history is the term used in historiography to describe the process of separation of "one's own" history from the common universal history, by way of perceiving, understanding and treating the past that results with construction of history as history of a nation.[1] If national labeling of the past is not treated with great care, it can result with retrospective nationalization of history [2] and even assigning nonexistent or exaggerating existing national attributes of historical events and persons. Nationalization of history, which began after period of globalization of history, was not only one of causes, but also element and result of process of establishment of modern nations (national revival).[3]
Universal history
In his Essay on customs (1756)
Emerging of modern historiography is connected with German universities in 19th century and significant influence of Leopold von Ranke who insisted on objectivity and systematic use of historical documents in shape of authentic primary sources and his credo was to perform reconstruction of the past "as it was".[6] Ranke's universal precepts in virtually all his works were, however, applied almost exclusively to the history of states and nations .[7]
Causes of Nationalization of history
Though nationalization of history could probably be traced till earliest fazes of creating historical works, it was period after
Many various reasons, depending on the circumstances, caused nationalization of history. Probably most important is
After
After
Renationalization of history
If first phase of nationalization of history was forcibly suppressed by anational ideology (communism) or traumatic loosing of wars (Japan, Germany, ...) there can be second phase, renationalization of history, on usually changed basis and perspective of nationalism.
Renationalization of history on Ukrainian example
Nationalization of history in Ukraine had two separate phases:[17]
- First phase began at the middle of 19th century and reached its culmination in diasporas Hrushevsky's text had cultstatus.
- Second phase started at the 1980s and still (2010) lasts, as consequence of direct state sponsorship becoming integral part of nationalization of the state. At the beginning, it was not so intensive, but after its turning point on August 24, 1991, it achieved special purposes: to legitimize newly established Ukrainian nation, and to confirm appropriateness of its existence as legal successor in the consciousness of its citizens and neighbours.[18]
First phase chronologically coincided with process of "rediscovery of tradition" and
Legacy of nationalization of history
Nation mythologies, histories and states
One of the most important consequences of
The nationalization of history, which had it's origins more in the epics and tendentious
Nationalization of history was important element of national revival and creating new
Society and nature
Nationalization of history affects all aspects of life, from relationship with other nationalities to
After disintegration of multinational states like Yugoslavia and Soviet Union sometimes, besides the process of renationalization of history, there is also retroactive nationalization of victims or tragedies of the people that in past lived in those states. According to new national historical narratives, reason for some people being victims or suffered some tragedies was because they were certain nationality.[27]
Denationalization of history
Nationalization of history has been increasingly called into question
In cases when history was reinterpreted and filtered by the media and official orthodoxy there is a situation in which nationalization of history leads to it's denial.[31]
See also
- Historiography and nationalism
- Renationalization of history
- Denationalization of history
- National mysticism
References
- ISBN 978-963-9776-26-5. Retrieved October 18, 2010.)
This essay deals with, what I call, "nationalized history", meaning a way of perceiving, understanding and treating the past that requires separation of "one's own" history from "common" history and its construction as history of a nation.
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„If a retrospective ethnicization or nationalization of history is to be avoided, any national labeling needs to be treated with great care.".
- ^ Kasianov, Terr, p. 7, "In some countries nationalization of history was part of "invention of tradition", while in others it was an element of so called "national renaissance" or "national awakening" ...
- ^ A. G. Hopkins. "The History of Globalization - and the Globalization of History". p. 1. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
In the case of the Western world, the impulse to produce a universal history gained distinction and influence in the eighteenth century, when the philosophers promoted a new, cosmopolitan ideology.
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Enlightenment was a desire for human affairs to be guided by rationality rather than by faith, superstition, or revelation; a belief in the power of human reason to change society and liberate the individual from the restraints of custom or arbitrary authority; all backed up by a world view increasingly validated by science rather than by religion or tradition. .
- ^ A. G. Hopkins, p.2 "Leopold von Ranke founded historical research on the systematic use of documentary evidence, on reconstructing the past `as it was', and on the ideal of objectivity."
- ^ A. G. Hopkins, p.2 " These were universal precepts. In practice, however, they were applied almost exclusively to the history of states and nation states in Europe,.... Virtually all of Ranke's own work,... was devoted to these themes."
- ^ Kasianov, Terr; p. 7, "In some countries nationalization of history was part of "invention of tradition", while in others it was an element of so called "national renaissance" or "national awakening" .."
- ^ A. G. Hopkins, p. 2 "Nevertheless, the cosmopolitan ideal lost ground to the nation state in the nineteenth century and for the greater part of the twentieth century too, and was to a large degree captured by it."
- ^ "Writing the Nation - A Global Perspective ([[Stefan Berger]])". European Science Foundation. January 16, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization in the course of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.
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: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ A. G. Hopkins, p. 2, "The tradition of writing national histories was further entrenched in the twentieth century through the development of national curricula in schools and the production of prestigious series, typically described as being `monumental' and `authoritative', that told the `national story' in an insular style and often in a justificatory manner."
- ^ Steven G. Ellis and Raingard Eβer. "Frontiers, regions and identities in Europe" (PDF). Directorate General for Research of the European Commission. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
.... During the Versailles Conference, which was to settle the Polish-German frontier, both sides advanced historical arguments in support of their competing demands. Professional Polish and German historians, geographers and sociologists issued brief statements in English or French in order to achieve this..
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- ^ America, history and life, tom 41, edition 2; [[Arthur R. M. Lower]]'s "Colony to nation" and the nationalization of the history. International journal of Canadian studies. 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
Arthur R. M. Lowers „Colony to nation" and nationalization of the history. International journal of Canadian studies, .....is one of the most popular Canadian history texts ever produced. It informed and educated generations of english Canadians with its exciting story of heroes and victims, triumphs and tragedies, and of colony that developed into a nation. It was more than historical text however. It was R.M. Lowers attempt to unite English and French Canadians in shared, historically rooted identity.
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In Eastern Europe, the continuing nationalization of history can to a great extent be explained as a reaction against long-term submission to Soviet communist historical formulas and interpretations and against corresponding forced disregard for nationalistic or bourgeois nationalistic past .....
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In Ukraine and Georgia, the two post-Soviet countries in the "new" eastern Europe that experienced Coloured Revolutions, there are different reasons for the growing concern with historical memory......They distance themselves symbolically from the former empire by externalizing the communist past and by nationalizing historical memory....
- ^ Kasianov, Terr, p. 7, "Ukraine experienced nationalization of history in two stages. The first began in mid-nineteenth century and reached its heights in the creation of grand narrative, Mykhailo Hrushevsky's „History of Ukraine - Rus“. The tradition of historical writings that emerged at this stage persisted in Ukrainian Marxist historiography until the end of Second World War.... In diasporas historiography it turned it into canon, a true credo. The second stage began in 1980s and still continuing. .... It is taking place under state sponsorship and is integral part of nationalization of the state."
- ^ Kasianov, Terr,p. 11, "Nationalized history began to fulfil important instrumental functions: legitimize newly established state and its attendant elite, establishing territorial and chronological conceptions of Ukrainian nation, and to confirm nations appropriateness of that nations existence as legal successor in the consciousness of its citizens and neighbours alike."
- ^ Kasianov, Terr, p. 7,"... unlike the previous stage, that coincided with general European phenomenon of "invention of tradition" and the development of the nations, the present stage is unfolding in the era of globalization, fading the cultural boundaries and large-scale aggression of the international forms of mass culture."
- ^ E. Zuelow (2001). "Review of "Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism" by [[Benedict Anderson]]". Verso. Retrieved October 19, 2010..
... Anderson places print capitalism at the very heart of his theory, claiming that it was print capitalism which allowed for the development of these new national cultures and created the specific formations which the new nations would eventually take.
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Historical writing was successfully taken over by national projects and turned into a vehicle for the popularization of national mythologies at a time when history was just beginning to establish itself as a scholarly discipline. A shortcut to the production of elaborate mythologies that "proved" the ancient origins of modern nations and provided them with respectable pasts was the forging of ancient documents and literary and historical works allegedly lost at some time and now "rediscovered" to the astonishment and approval of a grateful public. More often than not, the authors of such "rediscovered" treasures were in pursuit of literary success and/or money. They did not suspect that they were fulfilling a social demand, serving as agents of history, or acting as builders of as yet nonexistent modern nations.
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The problem was, that although folklorist knew very well that Kalevala was not regular folklore,... the Finnish people, including many intellectuals preferred to believe that Kalevala was genuine folk epic.
- ^ Croce, Benedetto (1951) [1949]. "Denationalisation of history". My philosophy and other essays on the moral and political problems of our time (PDF). Great Britain: Jas. Truscott and Son Ltd. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
The nationalisation of history had its origin in the epic character....... Later there grew up a bad philosophy which invented the idea of an esprit des peuples or 'national spirit', and, later still, the idea of the 'mission' of each nationality..... The fact is that what really evolves is not an individual or a group of associated individuals, but the universal spirit which by its spontaneous function, raises up and destroys individuals and nations for its own purpose.
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National histories regard the nation-state as the primary unit of historical analysis
- ^ Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn. "Nature and Ideology - Natural Garden Design in the Twentieth Century - The Nationalization of Nature and the Naturalization of the German Nation: "Teutonic" Trends in Early Twentieth-Century, Landscape Design" (PDF). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Trustees for Harvard University. Retrieved 18. October 2010..
The nationalization of history corresponded with a nationalization of nature. Nature became defined in national terms....Reservations about or even hostility toward other peoples were inherent elements of nationalism from the very beginning.
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- ^ Zhurzhenko, The geopolitics of memory, " An important consequence of the delegitimization of the Soviet historical narrative and the (re-)construction of national histories after 1991 is the retroactive nationalization of victims....According to the new national historical narrative, they were killed by the Soviet regime because they were Ukrainians"
- ISBN 0-415-36464-7. Retrieved November 5, 2010.)
Increasingly, this nationalization of history has been called into question and a historian, such as Christopher Alan Bayly ....argues that all local, national or regional histories must, in important ways, therefore, be global histories.
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- ^ Iordachi, Constantin. "Entangled histories", Re-writing the history of Central and South-eastern Europe from Relational perspective (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
As a result of this twofold development, we can identify underlying tension between the "re-nationalization" of the history in Central and Southeast Europe and process of European integration.
- ISBN 0-292-76576-2.)
For as the countrie's history was reinterpreted and filtered by the media and the official orthodoxy,... There was perfect example of the perverse effect analyzed by Raymond Boudon, in which the nationalization of history leads to its denial..
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