The Memory of Guilt Revisited

The Slovenian Post-Socialist Remembrance Landscape in Transition

Contributions by Oto Luthar Contributions by Heidemarie Uhl Contributions by Petra Mayrhofer Contributions by Bojan Godeša Contributions by Marta Verginella Contributions by Marko Zajc Contributions by Maruša Pušnik Edited by Oto Luthar Edited by Heidemarie Uhl Series edited by Oliver Rathkolb

Book cover: The Memory of Guilt Revisited

Extent: 144 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Slavic Studies, Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2019)

ISBN: 9783847110071

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $32.00

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Focusing on the little known case of Slovenia, this issue of zeitgeschichte offers a comprehensive survey of the transformations affecting collective memory and the writing of history in one post-Communist country. The essays analyze the ways in which Slovenian society has grappled with traumatic historical events and thus give insight into the ongoing struggle over the interpretation of Slovenia’s past. Given the proliferating illiberal tendencies in the political culture of numerous European countries, the strategies of historical revisionism described in this issue are likely to be of considerable interest not only to scholars interested specifically in the case of Slovenia.


The collapse of the communist states is regarded as the starting point of the new Europe. With this turning point, historical narratives have had to be rewritten in the post-Socialist countries. Focusing on the little known case of Slovenia, this issue of zeitgeschichte offers a comprehensive survey of the transformations affecting collective memory and the writing of history in one post-Communist country. The essays analyze the ways in which Slovenian society has grappled with traumatic historical events and thus give insight into the ongoing struggle over the interpretation of Slovenia’s past. Given the proliferating illiberal tendencies in the political culture of numerous European countries, the strategies of historical revisionism described in this issue are likely to be of considerable interest not only to scholars interested specifically in the case of Slovenia.

  • Contributions by Oto Luthar
  • Contributions by Heidemarie Uhl
  • Contributions by Petra Mayrhofer
  • Contributions by Bojan Godeša
  • Contributions by Marta Verginella
  • Contributions by Marko Zajc
  • Contributions by Maruša Pušnik
  • Edited by Oto Luthar
  • Edited by Heidemarie Uhl
  • Series edited by Oliver Rathkolb