A national figure as a memory site: reinterpretations of Ilia Chavchavadze in the 1910s–1940s

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES

Caucasus Survey Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI:10.1080/23761199.2021.1961552

I. Chkhaidze, Ketevan Kakitelashvili

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ABSTRACT The paper deals with the multifaceted representation of Georgian public figure Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907). Paradoxically, he is treated as a great and gifted son of Georgia by various and sometimes drastically different segments of modern Georgian society. In the framework of memory studies, Ilia is a stunning example of how certain historical figures are manipulated by different regimes to legitimize their power and/or to stake their political claims. For the Soviet regime, he was a fighter for equality and revolutionary changes. By researching different attitudes towards Ilia from the historical perspective and using theories of cultural memory, numerous questions related to controversial interpretations of Ilia Chavchavadze’s activities will be answered. The aim of the given research is to analyze the narrative dynamics surrounding Ilia Chavchavadze’s personality and to analyze the struggle between narratives which ended in the complete triumph of the official policy of memory within a strict ideological framework. We focus on the nature and reasons for the dramatic transformations of Ilia Chavchavadze’s image in different political and social contexts.

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一个作为记忆场所的民族人物：对伊利亚·查夫查瓦泽在1910-1940年代的重新解读

摘要本文论述了格鲁吉亚公众人物伊利亚·查夫查瓦泽（1837-1907）的多方面表现。矛盾的是，他被现代格鲁吉亚社会的各个阶层，有时甚至是截然不同的阶层，视为格鲁吉亚的一个伟大而有天赋的儿子。在记忆研究的框架内，伊利亚是一个令人震惊的例子，说明了某些历史人物是如何被不同的政权操纵，以使他们的权力合法化和/或表明他们的政治主张的。对于苏联政权来说，他是平等和革命性变革的斗士。通过从历史的角度研究对伊利亚的不同态度，并运用文化记忆理论，将回答与对伊利亚·恰夫恰瓦泽活动的争议性解释有关的许多问题。本研究的目的是分析围绕伊利亚·查夫查瓦泽个性的叙事动态，并在严格的意识形态框架内分析叙事之间的斗争，这些斗争最终以官方记忆政策的彻底胜利而告终。我们关注伊利亚·查夫恰瓦泽形象在不同的政治和社会背景下发生戏剧性转变的本质和原因。

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Caucasus Survey Arts and Humanities-History

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1.30

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期刊介绍： Caucasus Survey is a new peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and independent journal, concerned with the study of the Caucasus – the independent republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, de facto entities in the area and the North Caucasian republics and regions of the Russian Federation. Also covered are issues relating to the Republic of Kalmykia, Crimea, the Cossacks, Nogays, and Caucasian diasporas. Caucasus Survey aims to advance an area studies tradition in the humanities and social sciences about and from the Caucasus, connecting this tradition with core disciplinary concerns in the fields of history, political science, sociology, anthropology, cultural and religious studies, economics, political geography and demography, security, war and peace studies, and social psychology. Research enhancing understanding of the region’s conflicts and relations between the Russian Federation and the Caucasus, internationally and domestically with regard to the North Caucasus, features high in our concerns.