Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia
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Author_Christopher Kaplonski
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Central Palace
Chinese Communist Party
Chinggis Khaan
Chinggis Khan
collective memory
democratic
democratic revolution studies
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evocative
Evocative Transcripts
General Nationalism
historical narrative analysis
identity
Ih Hural
memory politics in Mongolia
Mongol Identity
mongolian
Mongolian Case
Mongolian Democratic
Mongolian Democratic Party
Mongolian History
Mongolian National Democratic Party
Mongolian People's Party
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Mongolian Social Democratic Party
Mongolian State
national identity construction
National Library
NGO Employee
party
people's
period
Post-socialist Mongolia
post-socialist transformation
revolution
revolutionary
Social Memory
Social Memory Studies
Social Memory Theory
Socio-economic Evolution
symbolic politics
transcripts
Vice Versa
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- ISBN 9780415654630
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Mar 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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. It suggests that the reflection of people's concept of themselves is a much greater influence in the writing of history than has previously been thought and examines in detail how history was used to subvert the socialist project in Mongolia. This is the first study of the symbolic struggle over who controlled 'the past' and the 'true' identity of a Mongol, fought between the ruling party and its protesters during the democratic revolution.
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.
