Thinking Through Transition - Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Pasts, and Intellectual History in East Central Europe After 1989 (Hardcover)

"It is not easy for historians to apply their methods to a period that does not yet have a clear end" is the first sentence in this book, revealing the challenge that a new generation of scholars took at writing an intellectual history of post-communist East Central Europe. Post-communism can be understood both as a period of scarcity and preponderance of ideas. It is the dramatic eclipsing of the dissident legacy-as well as the older political traditions-and the rise of technocratic and post-political governance. Eighteen essays by authors from the region discuss how major domains of political thought (liberalism, conservatism, the Left, populism and memory politics) have been fairing in their countries. The studies, grounded in empirical research sensitive to local contexts, detail a history of adaptations, entanglements, and unintended consequences.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Michal Kopecek (Research Fellow) • Piotr Wcislik
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	608
ISBN-13:	978-963-386-085-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	963-386-085-7
Barcode:	9789633860854

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