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Irena Veisaitė
Tolerance and involvement
Inbunden, 2015
1573 kr
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Irena Veisaitė is held in deep esteem throughout her country. This volume is an attempt to relate the difficult journey of her remarkable life against the backdrop of the complex history of Lithuania and its Litvaks (Lithuanian Jews).After being rescued by Christian Lithuanian families and having …
Arts and a Nation
The Role of Visual Arts and Artists in the Making of the Latvian Identity, 1905-1940
Av Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud
Inbunden, 2015
2419 kr
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Focusing on the role of arts in the construction of national identity, Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud has chosen to study the case of a country lacking an ancient state history of its own, Latvia. This book analyses the part played by the visual arts in transmuting the cultural concept of a nation, …
Lithuania 1940
Revolution from Above
Häftad, 2007
1644 kr
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In June 1940, as Nazi troops marched into Paris, the Soviet Red Army marched into Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; seven weeks later, the USSR Supreme Soviet ratified the Soviet takeover of these states. For half a century, Soviet historians insisted that the three republics had voluntarily …
Making Russians
Meaning and Practice of Russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863
Inbunden, 2007
2642 kr
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Making Russians is an innovative study dealing with Russian nationalities policy in Lithuania and Belarus in the aftermath of the 1863 Uprising. The book devotes most attention to imperial confessional and language policy, for in Russian discourse at that time it was religion and language that were …
Continuity and Change in the Baltic Sea Region
Comparing Foreign Policies
Av David J. Galbreath, Ainius Lašas m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
1084 kr
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Continuity and Change in the Baltic Sea Region uncovers the Baltic States’ foreign policy transition from Socialist Republics to EU member-states. Situated between the Russian Federation and Northern Europe, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have had to manoeuvre within an often delicate sub-region. …
Names of Nihil
Häftad, 2008
823 kr
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In this book, probably for the first time in Western philosophy, an attempt has been made to point out and systematically explicate the problem scope of the Nothing (which is called Nihil in the book) and to try to explain the springhead of the excessive negativity, inherent only in the human …
Thing and Art
Two Essays on the Ontotopy of the Work of Art
Häftad, 2009
920 kr
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On the grounds of the interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry and Paul Cézanne’s paintings the book attempts to approach the work of art as a thing. This lets to overcome a one-sided aesthetical interpretation of the origin of the work of art and to indicate its place in the cosmos of …
On Dissidents and Madness
From The Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the "Soviet Union" of Vladimir Putin
Inbunden, 2009
1818 kr
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The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad.As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of …
On Dissidents and Madness
From The Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the "Soviet Union" of Vladimir Putin
Häftad, 2009
901 kr
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The book contains the memoirs of Robert van Voren covering the period 1977-2008 and provides unique insights into the dissident movement in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, both inside the country and abroad.As a result of his close friendship with many of the leading dissidents and his dozens of …
Minority Integration in Central Eastern Europe
Between Ethnic Diversity and Equality
Inbunden, 2009
1928 kr
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The book presents a timely examination on a range of issues present in the discussions on the integration of ethnic minorities in Central Eastern Europe: norm setting, equality promotion, multiculturalism, nation-building, social cohesion, and ethnic diversity. It insightfully illustrates these …
Lithuania in the 1920s
A Diplomat’s Diary
Häftad, 2009
1704 kr
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Robert W. Heingartner kept this diary during his two year service as American consul in Kaunas, the provisional capital of Lithuania, 1926-1928. First titling the work “Impressions of Kaunas,” he wanted to record all his impressions of this small city about which he actually knew very little. He …
Selected Papers
Häftad, 2010
646 kr
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The Baltic philosopher Vasily Sesemann (1884-1963), rooted in the Classics and influenced but not dominated by Kant, Herder, Bergson, Husserl, and Lossky, was a first-rate scholar in the fields of aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and history of philosophy. But he is still relatively unknown …
Cold War in Psychiatry
Human Factors, Secret Actors
Häftad, 2010
1116 kr
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For 20 years Soviet psychiatric abuse dominated the agenda of the World Psychiatric Association. It ended only after the Soviet Foreign Ministry intervened. Cold War in Psychiatry tells the full story for the first time and from inside, among others on basis of extensive reports by Stasi and KGB – …
Adopting and Remembering Soviet Reality
Life Stories of Lithuanian Women, 1945 – 1970
Häftad, 2010
1355 kr
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For millions of people, the Soviet experience meant not only living through the torment of Stalinism and the GULAG, the unbelievable destiny of men and women during the 1917 Revolution, civil war, and the Second World War, or those breathtaking, gigantic Socialist construction projects. Many …
From Recognition to Restoration
Latvia’s History as a Nation-State
Häftad, 2010
982 kr
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Taking its cue from the 90th anniversary commemorations of November 2008, this work explores the relationship between state and nationhood during the three phases to date in Latvia’s existence as a territorial entity: the sovereign statehood of 1918-1940; the Soviet and Nazi occupations of …
Shrinking Citizenship
Discursive Practices that Limit Democratic Participation in Latvian Politics
Häftad, 2010
1084 kr
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The book, based on research results from a three-year study of parliamentary and media debates in Latvia, analyses the discourses of Latvian politicians and the media about nation, citizenship, cultural diversity, history and the nation-state. This is the first large-scale study of political …
Soldiers of Memory
World War II and Its Aftermath in Estonian Post-Soviet Life Stories
Inbunden, 2011
2512 kr
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Soldiers of Memory explores the complexities and ambiguities of World War II experience from the Estonian veterans’ point of view. Since the end of World War II, contesting veteran cultures have developed on the basis of different war experiences and search for recognition in the public arena of …
Post-Communist Democratisation in Lithuania
Elites, parties, and youth political organisations. 1988-2001
Häftad, 2011
1058 kr
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Post-Communist Democratisation in Lithuania: Elites, Parties, and Youth Political Organisations. 1988 – 2001explains post-communist changes in Lithuania. The transformation of political party system, political elites and youth political organisations in Lithuania are examined in light of …
last ambassador
August Torma, soldier, diplomat, spy
Av Tina Tamman
Häftad, 2011
1519 kr
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Estonian ambassador August Torma had a protracted and unconventional relationship with the British Foreign Office. Appointed to the Court of St James’s in 1934, Torma lost his government in 1940 when the Soviet Union overran his country, but continued to live at the legation in London and visit the …
Forgotten Pages in Baltic History
Diversity and Inclusion
Häftad, 2011
1922 kr
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The years from 1918 to 1945 remain central to European History. It was a breath-taking time during which the very best and very worst attributes of Mankind were on display. In the euphoria of peace which followed the end of the First World War, the Baltic States emerged as independent forces on the …
Transitions of Lithuanian Postmodernism
Lithuanian Literature in the Post-Soviet Period
Inbunden, 2011
2201 kr
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In 1990, Lithuania was the first of fifteen Soviet Republics to proclaim its independence from the USSR and, in doing so, dealt a fatal blow to this superpower. Overnight, this small country, whose very existence had been erased from the world map for 50 years, became Post-Soviet and proclaimed its …
Life and Thought of Lev Karsavin
"Strength made perfect in weakness…"
Inbunden, 2013
2198 kr
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“At last, Russia has begun to speak in a truly original voice.” So said Anatoly Vaneev, a Soviet dissident who became Karsavin’s disciple in the Siberian gulag where the philosopher spent his last two years. The book traces the unusual trajectory of this inspiring voice: Karsavin started his career …
Human Sausage Factory
A Study of Post-War Rumour in Tartu
Av Eda Kalmre
Häftad, 2013
1116 kr
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Under certain conditions, some rumours, which were established as part of folklore already long ago, may become fixed in the memory and the subconscious of several generations. This is what happened with the rumour about a human sausage factory after the Second World War. In Tartu, Estonia, this …
Baltic Eugenics
Bio-Politics, Race and Nation in Interwar Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1918-1940
Inbunden, 2013
1962 kr
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The history of eugenics in the Baltic States is largely unknown. The book compares for the first time the eugenic projects of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the related disciplines of racial anthropology and psychiatry, and situates them within the wider European context. Strong …
Prelude to Baltic Linguistics
Earliest Theories about Baltic Languages (16th century)
Häftad, 2014
901 kr
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This book is a study of the relatively unknown field of Baltic linguistic historiography associated with the 16th century. This has been the saeculum mirabile of Baltic philology, not only on account of the first books having appeared during that period, but also due to the diverse linguistic ideas …
On Their Own Behalf
Ewald Ammende, Europe’s National Minorities and the Campaign for Cultural Autonomy 1920-1936
Inbunden, 2014
2190 kr
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What form should Europe take? Should it be based on ‘nation states’ or ‘states of nations’? On what basis should European unification proceed? Should it be an élite undertaking pioneered by statesmen elected to democratic government offices, or should true unification also demand a significant …
