Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Attempts to define the cultural identity of the Central and Eastern European region have from time to time experimented with the vocabulary and arguments of the discourse of postcolonialism. As an example of this, the paper comments on some passages of Moritz Csáky’s book Das Gedächtnis Zentraleuropas. It then turns to the concept of “self-colonisation” that might cover a recurrent component of the self-descriptions of Central and Eastern European cultures. Finally, it gives a brief discussion of two short stories by Christoph Ransmayr and raises the question of “Europe” as a colonial metaphor in the regional literary discourse of the past few decades.
Source: Neohelicon
Author: Zoltán Kulcsár-Szabó
Institution: Eötvös Loránd University
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
Funder: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
OpenAlex ID: W4416455476