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Between Past and Future : The Revolution of 1989 and Their Aftermath / ed. by Vladimir Tismaneanu, Sorin Antohi.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2000]Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (426 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789633860038
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.947 22
LOC classification:
  • JN96.A58 B48 2000
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- I Meanings of 1989: Present Significance of the Past -- 1 Between Past and Future -- 2 On Two Models of Exit from Communism: Central Europe and the Balkans -- 3 1989 as Rebirth -- 4 1989 and the Future of Democracy -- 5 Habits of the Mind: Europe's Post-1989 Symbolic Geographies -- II Winners and Losers in the Great Transformation -- 6 Independence Reborn and the Demons of the Velvet Revolution -- 7 Between Idealism and Realism: Reflections on the Political Landscape of Postcommunism -- 8 Postsocialisms -- 9 Fighting for the Public Sphere: Democratic Intellectuals under Postcommunism -- III Vulnerabilities of the New Democracies -- 10 Privatization as Transforming Persons -- 11 Gendering Postsocialism: Reproduction as Politics in East Central Europe -- 12 The Morals of Transition: Decline of Public Interest and Runaway Reforms in Eastern Europe -- 13 Counterrevolution -- 14 The Handshake Tradition: A Decade of Consensus Politics Bears Liberal Fruit in Hungary—But What Next? -- 15 Politics and Freedom -- IV The New Europe: Prospects for Cooperation and Conflict -- 16 Electocracies and the Hobbesian Fishbowl of Postcommunist Politics -- 17 The Europe Agreements and Transition: Unique Returns from Integrating into the European Union -- 18 Nationalism in Postcommunist Russia: From Resignation to Anger -- 19 Chinese Bridges to Postsocialist Europe -- 20 Mickiewicz and the Question of Sacred Territory -- V Past, Present, Future -- 21 Conclusions -- Contributors -- Name Index
Summary: The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe is the basis for this text which reflects upon the past ten years and what lies ahead for the future. An international group of academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in an exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. The contributors address various issues including liberal democracy and its enemies; modernity and discontent; economic reforms and their social impact; ethnicity; nationalism and religion; geopolitics; electoral systems and political power; European integration; and the demise of Yugoslavia.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- I Meanings of 1989: Present Significance of the Past -- 1 Between Past and Future -- 2 On Two Models of Exit from Communism: Central Europe and the Balkans -- 3 1989 as Rebirth -- 4 1989 and the Future of Democracy -- 5 Habits of the Mind: Europe's Post-1989 Symbolic Geographies -- II Winners and Losers in the Great Transformation -- 6 Independence Reborn and the Demons of the Velvet Revolution -- 7 Between Idealism and Realism: Reflections on the Political Landscape of Postcommunism -- 8 Postsocialisms -- 9 Fighting for the Public Sphere: Democratic Intellectuals under Postcommunism -- III Vulnerabilities of the New Democracies -- 10 Privatization as Transforming Persons -- 11 Gendering Postsocialism: Reproduction as Politics in East Central Europe -- 12 The Morals of Transition: Decline of Public Interest and Runaway Reforms in Eastern Europe -- 13 Counterrevolution -- 14 The Handshake Tradition: A Decade of Consensus Politics Bears Liberal Fruit in Hungary—But What Next? -- 15 Politics and Freedom -- IV The New Europe: Prospects for Cooperation and Conflict -- 16 Electocracies and the Hobbesian Fishbowl of Postcommunist Politics -- 17 The Europe Agreements and Transition: Unique Returns from Integrating into the European Union -- 18 Nationalism in Postcommunist Russia: From Resignation to Anger -- 19 Chinese Bridges to Postsocialist Europe -- 20 Mickiewicz and the Question of Sacred Territory -- V Past, Present, Future -- 21 Conclusions -- Contributors -- Name Index

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The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe is the basis for this text which reflects upon the past ten years and what lies ahead for the future. An international group of academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in an exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. The contributors address various issues including liberal democracy and its enemies; modernity and discontent; economic reforms and their social impact; ethnicity; nationalism and religion; geopolitics; electoral systems and political power; European integration; and the demise of Yugoslavia.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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