Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia: Memory of Heroes

ISBN-13: 9780415307987 / Twarda / 2004 / 248 str.

Christopher Kaplonski

Opis

Using Mongolia as its example, this book examines how knowledge is transmitted and transformed in light of political change by looking at shifting conceptions of historical figures.

Spis treści

Preface  Acknowledgements  1. Politics, Memory and Identity  2. Ulaanbaatar, Fieldwork and Identity  3. Democracy comes to Mongolia  4. The Symbols of Democracy  5. The Icebergs of History  6. Chinggis Khaan: Creating the Uls  7. Defending and Regaining the Uls: Zanabazar and Sühbaatar  8. Social Memory and Evocative Transcripts  Glossary  Bibliography

O autorze

Christopher Kaplonski, affiliated to the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge, has carried out extensive research in post-socialist Mongolia where he has worked since the early 1990s.