På grenseovergangen: «La modernité» og historiens 'ironiske misère' i François-René de Chateaubriands Mémoires d'outre-tombe
This article explores Chateaubriand’s reflections on history and ‘modernity’ by reading an important passage in his autobiography Memoires d’outre-tombe, which tells of his experience of not being allowed to pass a border in Austria on an important political mission, and his belief that this incident reveals the true nature of the historical changes brought about by the French Revolution and its aftermath. Indeed, the incident represents «modernity» as the epoch which unsettles all traditions and ushers in a preposterous age of irony and outdated anachronisms.
Jesper Gulddal, Litterære pasregimer. Bevægelsekontrol og identifikation i europæisk litteratur 1725–1875 : Museum Tusculum Forlag. Köpenhamn 2008
Jesper Gulddal, Litteraere pasregimer. Bevaegelsekontrol og identifikation i europaeisk litteratur 1725–1875 : Museum Tusculum Forlag. Kopenhamn 2008
The Millennial of Castile (1943): the historical culture of Spanish Fascism
Abstract The creation of new symbols and historical myths were common practices of nationalist politics, especially in Fascist regimes. In 1943 the Franco regime organized the most impressive historical commemoration celebrated in post-war Spain: the Milenario of Castile. With its heterogeneous mixture of history and spectacle, the Milenario of Castile was by far the greatest historical commemoration promoted by the State during the 1940s. Taking the commemoration of the Milenario as a case study, this article examines the historical culture of Spanish Fascism, as well as the attempts of the Falangist intellectual elite to impose a concrete national narrative in post-war Spain. At the same time, the article analyses the historical discourses and aesthetics displayed throughout the commemoration, underlining its Fascist character, and consequently the transnational dimension of the Fascist politics of the past. Finally, the article reflects on the scope and limits of the process of Fascistisation in Franco's dictatorship, especially in its commemorative culture.