SONDA DO HISTORICKEJ PAMÄTI SLOVENSKEJ SPOLOČNOSTI ZAOSTRENÁ NA MLADÝCH

• Authors: Gyárfášová Oľga

Title variants

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Probe into the historical memory of Slovak society focused on the youth

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The struggle over political and historical memory is a serious and recurring issue that has important implications for the rise and spread of national politics in contemporary Europe and the durability of democratic traditions. This is particularly focused on the way in which new generations of youth are taught their history and the formation of collective memory. The sociological survey conducted in 2013 has shown that large segments of population, above young people, either don’t know or don’t care much about the history of the wartime Slovak state (1939 – 1945) and the holocaust. On the other hand the agreement with preserving memory is wide-spread, partially with the rationale to prevent recurrences of intolerance, extremism and xenophobia. The survey reveals also the most frequently used sources of knowledge about the past and based on empirical findings elaborates on how to approach youth when teaching history.

Keywords

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HISTORICAL MEMORY; KNOWLEDGE; SLOVAK STATE; YOUTH; SLOVAK SOCIETY

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov
• Journal: Annales Scientia Politica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23 – 33

Contributors

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Gyárfášová Oľga

• Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Slovak Republic