Cultural Trauma – The Case of the Winner

My study is an analysis of the emergence of the “Golden Dream” narrative in Romania, right after World War I. Along the way, I make some theoretical contributions to cultural trauma studies. ‘Winner’ and ‘loser’ are terms used to define fixed situations. Usually, only the loser (the victim, defeated...

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Autor principal:	Bretter Zoltán
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2020
Materias:	cultural trauma romania hungary authoritarianism interwar period Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:206ba0553f9949b6bf8a12e2992e8a1f2021-12-02T15:27:56ZCultural Trauma – The Case of the Winner1801-342210.2478/pce-2020-0004https://doaj.org/article/206ba0553f9949b6bf8a12e2992e8a1f2020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0004https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422My study is an analysis of the emergence of the “Golden Dream” narrative in Romania, right after World War I. Along the way, I make some theoretical contributions to cultural trauma studies. ‘Winner’ and ‘loser’ are terms used to define fixed situations. Usually, only the loser (the victim, defeated) might suffer a trauma, while the occurrence of trauma is denied for the winner (the perpetrator, victor). We shall dig a little deeper and wider, demonstrating that Romania, an overall winner of WWI, will face, right after victory, a ‘cultural shock’ which has to be repressed, as part of the “Golden Dream” narrative. Through a detailed, economic, social and political analysis, I’ll be trying to argue that a shattering trauma has engendered in Romanian society; yet another addition to a whole ‘traumatic history’. The ensuing orthodox ethnonationalism takes its root from this trauma. From time-to-time, we will take a comparative glance at the trauma of the loser, particularly when we will be discussing the omissions of an otherwise seamless narrative.Bretter ZoltánSciendoarticlecultural traumaromaniahungaryauthoritarianisminterwar periodPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 16, Iss s1, Pp 65-80 (2020)
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description	My study is an analysis of the emergence of the “Golden Dream” narrative in Romania, right after World War I. Along the way, I make some theoretical contributions to cultural trauma studies. ‘Winner’ and ‘loser’ are terms used to define fixed situations. Usually, only the loser (the victim, defeated) might suffer a trauma, while the occurrence of trauma is denied for the winner (the perpetrator, victor). We shall dig a little deeper and wider, demonstrating that Romania, an overall winner of WWI, will face, right after victory, a ‘cultural shock’ which has to be repressed, as part of the “Golden Dream” narrative. Through a detailed, economic, social and political analysis, I’ll be trying to argue that a shattering trauma has engendered in Romanian society; yet another addition to a whole ‘traumatic history’. The ensuing orthodox ethnonationalism takes its root from this trauma. From time-to-time, we will take a comparative glance at the trauma of the loser, particularly when we will be discussing the omissions of an otherwise seamless narrative.
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Cultural Trauma – The Case of the Winner

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