Between Past and Future: The Revolution of 1989 and Their Aftermath - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9639116718 ISBN 13: 9789639116719

Publisher: Central European University Press, 1999

Synopsis

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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Review:

The past is gone but the future is not yet clear. The title of this important collection puts the post-communist predicament well. There is a sense in which East Central Europe is still suspended in mid-air: between the high moral expectations of 1989 and the realities of a new century, between deep historical conflicts and hopes of a European Union, between a framework of democracy and the threats which make it vulnerable. Sorin Antohi and Vladimir Tismaneanu have assembled a distinguished cast of committed analysts to help us understand the risks of a great transformation. -- Lord Dahrendorf, Jan 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 9639116718
• ISBN 13: 9789639116719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 423
• Editor: Antohi Sorin, Tismaneanu Vladimir