Abstract
Distinguishing oneself from "the other" is an indispensable feature of the process of socialization. But negative stereotyping of races, ethnicities, religions and nations is out of fashion in mainstream Western public discourse, which is a natural consequence of the genocides of World War II and the emancipation of third world countries.
Eva Hahnová examines a surprising Central European deviation from the norm in her new book Češi o Češích: Dnešní spory o dějiny [Czechs about the Czechs: Current Debates about History].