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Post-communist Nostalgia (Paperback)
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Post-communist Nostalgia (Paperback)
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Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm
by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and
especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for
improvements in people's lives. This led to widespread
disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern
Europe. Not simply a longing for security, stability, and
prosperity, this nostalgia is also a sense of loss regarding a
specific form of sociability. Even some of those who opposed
communism express a desire to invest their new lives with renewed
meaning and dignity. Among the younger generation, it surfaces as a
tentative yet growing curiosity about the recent past. In this
volume scholars from multiple disciplines explore the various
fascinating aspects of this nostalgic turn by analyzing the impact
of generational clusters, the rural-urban divide, gender
differences, and political orientation. They argue persuasively
that this nostalgia should not be seen as a wish to restore the
past, as it has otherwise been understood, but instead it should be
recognized as part of a more complex healing process and an attempt
to come to terms both with the communist era as well as the new
inequalities of the post-communist era.
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