Twenty years after communism /
Twenty years after communism /
Michael Bernhard and Jan Kubik.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While the fall of the Berlin Wall is positively commemorated in the West, the former Soviet Bloc has a more complicated view of its legacy. In post-communist Eastern Europe, the way people remember state socialism is closely intertwined with the manner in which they envision historical justice. This book is concerned with the explosion of a politics of memory triggered by the fall of state socialism in Eastern Europe, and it takes a comparative look at the ways that communism and its demise have been commemorated (or not commemorated) by major political actors across the region.
9780199375165 (ebook) : No price
Collective memory--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Memorialization--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989---Case studies.
DJK51 / .T89 2014
943.0009049
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While the fall of the Berlin Wall is positively commemorated in the West, the former Soviet Bloc has a more complicated view of its legacy. In post-communist Eastern Europe, the way people remember state socialism is closely intertwined with the manner in which they envision historical justice. This book is concerned with the explosion of a politics of memory triggered by the fall of state socialism in Eastern Europe, and it takes a comparative look at the ways that communism and its demise have been commemorated (or not commemorated) by major political actors across the region.
9780199375165 (ebook) : No price
Collective memory--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Memorialization--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern--Case studies.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989---Case studies.
DJK51 / .T89 2014
943.0009049