Between Past and Future
The Revolutions of 1989 and Their Aftermath
Edited by Sorin Antohi, Central European University,
Budapest and
Vladimir Tismaneanu, University of Maryland
"The list of contributors is impressive with not
a single dull chapter…; the editors are to be congratulated
for making available such a stimulating and timely,
if not timeless, collection"
- Slavic Review
"[T]his is a book that will serve many intellectual
tastes and interests, and that will certainly prove
thought provoking for anyone who reads it... I recommend
it to anybody who wants to witness the analythical depth
and span with which the meaning of 1989 can be approached."
- Extremism & Democracy
The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism
in Central and Eastern Europe provides the starting
point for this thought-provoking analysis. Between Past
and Future reflects upon the past ten years and considers
what lies ahead for the future. An international group
of distinguished academics and public intellectuals,
including former dissidents and active politicians,
engage in a lively exchange on the antecedents, causes,
contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions.
At a crossroads between past and future, the contributors
to this seminal volume address all the crucial issues
-- 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 tragic demise of Yugoslavia.
Based on the results of recent research on the ideologies
behind one of the most dramatic systematic transformations
in world history, and including contributions from some
of the world's leading experts, Between Past and Future
is an essential reference book for scholars and students
of all levels, policy-makers, journalists and the general
reader interested in the past and future prospects of
Central & Eastern Europe.
Contributors:
Agnes Heller, New School University, New York Jacques
Rupnik, Institute of Political Studies, Paris Karol
Soltan, University of Maryland Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief
of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland Martin Palous, Charles University,
Prague Valerie Bunce, Cornell University Kazimierz Poznanski,
University of Washington Jeffrey Isaac, Indiana University
Katherine Verdery, University of Michigin Gail Kligman,
University of California Susan Gal, University of Chicago
István Rév, Central European University, Budapest Miklós
Haraszti, writer, human rights activist Ivan Vejvoda,
Soros Foundation, Yugoslavia Karen Dawisha, University
of Maryland Bartlomiej Kaminski, University of Maryland
Ilya Prizel, Johns Hopkins University Jeffrey Wasserstrom,
Indiana University Irena Grudzińska-Gross, Ford Foundation
Timothy Garton Ash, Oxford University
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction.
I Meanings of 1989 Chapter 1: Between past and
future Chapter 2: On two models of exit from
communism Chapter 3: 1989 as rebirth Chapter
4: 1989 and the future of democracy Chapter 5:
Habits of the mind II Winners and Losers in the Great
Transformation Chapter 6: The Resurrected independence
and the demons of the velvet revolution Chapter 7:
Between idealism and realism Chapter 8: Postsocialisms
Chapter 9: Fighting for the public sphere III
Vulnerabilities of the New Democracies Chapter 10:
Privatization as transforming persons Chapter 11:
Gendering postsocialism Chapter 12: The morals
of transition Chapter 13: Counterrevolution Chapter
14: The handshake tradition Chapter 15: Politics
and freedom IV The New Europe: Prospects for Cooperation
and Conflict Chapter 16: Electrocracies and the
Hobbesian fishbowl of postcommunist politics Chapter
17: The Europe agreements and transition Chapter
18: Nationalism in postcommunist Russia Chapter
19: Chinese bridges to postsocialist Europe Chapter
20: Mickiewicz and the question of sacred territory
V Past, Present, Future Chapter 21: Conclusions
List of Contributors
2000
500 pages
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