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- Title
HISTORIOGRAPHY AS FRAMING AND SUPPORT FACTOR OF ETHNIC IDENTITY: THE CASE OF HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LATGALE.
- Authors
Ivanov, Alexander
- Abstract
Historiography performs two different social functions: on the one hand, it provides reconstruction of historical past; on the other hand, it directly influences public opinion and person's consciousness; it also shapes, transforms or supports definite notions about ethnic values, national historical heritage, political and social reality. In this respect, historiography can be regarded as a social factor that affects social, also ethnic consciousness. In order to reveal the role of historiography of Latgale in framing and preserving ethnic identities of the region, the stages of genesis and development of the historiography of Latgale are described and evaluated along the general lines. All in all, these stages can be correlated with the stages of emergence, development, and consolidation of ethnic identities in the region. Therefore, this paper puts a special emphasis on the connection of the historiography of Latgale with different national traditions (schools) in historical research. Based on the insight into history of the historiography of Latgale, the present-day situation in historical research of Latgale is characterized in order to reveal the contradictory role of the historiography of Latgale in framing and maintaining ethnic identities in the region.
- Subjects
LATGALE (Latvia); LATVIA; HISTORIOGRAPHY; PUBLIC opinion; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONALISM (Social sciences); COGNITION; SENSORY perception; SOCIAL factors
- Publication
Ethnicity (16915844), 2010, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
1691-5844
- Publication type
Article