In this article I argue that problematic value judgements in history textbooks are expressed implicitly because of the character of history discourse itself and also because of the discourse of a new ethical universalism. Problematic value judgements in the so-called new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe are quite dangerous because countries that were under regimes of communist dictatorship for years are a priori less sensitive to democratic values. I employ Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as one of the theories and also methodologies for the analysis of problematic value judgements in history textbooks. In this article I introduce examples of ethnocentric ideology from Lithuanian history textbooks on the basis of CDA, more specifically on the basis of Van Dijk's scheme of ideological discourse structures.

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Lauraityte, Ieva (2005). Problematic value judgments in history textbooks. Monitor ISH, volume 7, issue 1, str. 69-91. URN:NBN:SI:DOC-G2RV6UBP from http://www.dlib.si

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Lauraityte, Ieva. "Problematic value judgments in history textbooks." Monitor ISH volume 7. issue 1 (2005) str. 69-91.
<http://www.dlib.si/?URN=URN:NBN:SI:DOC-G2RV6UBP>

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