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Politics in the Novel Unterstadt by Ivana Šojat

In the novel Unterstadt, Ivana Šojat alternates stories about personal destinies with stories about official history, thus the narrator emphasizes that the gap between official history and the fate of the heroes of the work is insurmountable. The author thematizes ‘political evils, evils of political power/authority’ in accordance with Ricouer’s point of view, according to …

Contrast and History – Michel Foucault and Neoliberalism

The paper is suggesting one possible angle for the re-examination of Foucault’s portrayal of the historical role of German neoliberalism in his 1979 lectures entitled Naissance de la biopolitique. This particular season has been the object of the increased interest in recent decades for various reasons. One of the reasons is the broader theme of …

Attitudes to the Past in Toni Morrison’s Jazz and Paradise

This work analyzes the complex manner in which Toni Morrison addresses the issue of history in her novels, with a specific emphasis on her novels Jazz and Paradise. Black writing in the United States depicts experience that is specifically African American. In other words, black literature records the historical and cultural circumstances that no other …

Early Croatian Historical Topics within Contemporary National Narration

This work includes fourteen chapters which historically, ethnologically and anthropologically list and interpret contemporary legends about early and decisive Croatian historical events and personas in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The author dates the early Croatian period from the Croats arriving to the region to the death of Croatia’s greatest king, Dmitar Zvonimir. From …