Politization of Italian Historical Memory Regarding the Istrian Question (Foreign Policy Discourse)

Occupation: Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation: Department of the Contemporary History of the Central and Southeastern Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation

Journal name

Slavianovedenie

Edition

Number 5

Pages

88-102

Abstract

The article analyzes the modern Italian historical and political discourse on the events of the 1940s on the Istrian peninsula. The problem of the so-called «Italian exodus» after the end of the Second World War is one of the most sensitive in the relations between modern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. This article, relying on extensive empirical material, shows that the theme of the exodus has been steadily politicizing at the domestic and foreign policy level in Italy since the second half of the 2000s. Fundamental prerequisites for putting the issue on the agenda were created during the Cold War, when numerous humanitarian organizations focused on the Eastern Adriatic, appeared. Therefore, we can assume that that Italian policy towards the neighboring eastern states will become increasingly structured and active.

Keywords

memory politics, Italy, Eastern Adriatic, D. Napolitano, S. Mesić, S. Mattarella, italian exodus, Istria, Dalmatia, ethnic minorities.

Received

16.09.2022

Publication date

16.10.2022

Number of characters

39569

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GOST	Pivovarenko A. Politization of Italian Historical Memory Regarding the Istrian Question (Foreign Policy Discourse) // Slavianovedenie – 2022. – Number 5 C. 88-102 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://slav.jes.su/S0869544X0022028-3-1 (circulation date: 06.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022028-3
MLA	Pivovarenko, Alexander А "Politization of Italian Historical Memory Regarding the Istrian Question (Foreign Policy Discourse)." Slavianovedenie 5 (2022):88-102. DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022028-3
APA	Pivovarenko A. (2022). Politization of Italian Historical Memory Regarding the Istrian Question (Foreign Policy Discourse). Slavianovedenie (5), pp.88-102 DOI: 10.31857/S0869544X0022028-3

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