Promotion of National Heroes as Civic Role-Models during Democratisation

• Authors: Patryk Wawrzyński , Joanna Marszałek-Kawa

Abstracts

EN

The paper considers the relationship between remembrance narratives on national heroes and proliferation of political attitudes, values and behaviours during democratisation. It discusses the impact of interpretations of the past on the development of civil society in the context of public education as an instrument of identity politics. Comparing the experiences of Chile, Estonia, Georgia, Poland, South Africa and Spain, the authors present the role of national heroes in the legitimisation of behaviours and attitudes, new elites and national unity. The discussed results prove that the establishment of a pro-democratic system of civic education increases chances for successful consolidation of democracy in post-authoritarian countries.

Keywords

EN

democratisation; civic society; civic education; national hero; remembrance; narratives

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 52
• Pages: 101-111

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Patryk Wawrzyński

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

author

Joanna Marszałek-Kawa

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2018.52.2.08

Biblioteka Nauki

1969544