Description: Between Utopia and DisillusionmentA Narrative of the Political Transformation in Eastern Europe Author(s): Henri Vogt Format: Hardback Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated, United States Imprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated ISBN-13: 9781571818959, 978-1571818959 Synopsis Scholarly interpretations of the collapse of communism and developments thereafter have tended to be primarily concerned with people's need to rid themselves of the communist system, of their past. The expectations, dreams, and hopes that ordinary Eastern Europeans had when they took to the streets in 1989, and have had ever since, have therefore been overlooked - and our understanding of the changes in post-communist Europe has remained incomplete. Focusing primarily on five key areas, such as the heritage of 1989 revolutions, ambivalence, disillusionment, individualism, and collective identities, this book explores the expectations and goals that ordinary Eastern Europeans had during the 1989 revolutions and the decade thereafter, and also the problems and disappointments they encountered in the course of the transformation. The analysis is based on extensive interviews with university students and young intellectuals in the Czech Republic, Eastern Germany and Estonia in the 1990s, which in themselves have considerable value as historical documents.
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Book Title: Between Utopia and Disillusionment
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Contemporary European History
Author: Henri Vogt
Publication Name: Between Utopia and Disillusionment: a Narrative of the Political Transformation in Eastern Europe
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Subject: Government, History
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 649 g
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
