1st Edition
Subcultures as Active Agents of the Post-Communist Transition in Eastern Europe The Bulgarian Case
Introduction. Part 1. Integrative Theory of Social Development. Levels of social change – key notes 1. Macro (societal) level. 2. Meso (intermediate) level. 3. Micro level. Part 2. Subcultures as active agents of the post-communist transition in Bulgaria. Subcultures in Bulgaria. 4. Political Subcultures in Bulgaria. 5. The Mutri subculture. 6. The new businessmen subculture. 7. The Chalga/Popfolk subculture and the transition. Part 3. 'Realms of memory' of subcultures in Bulgaria. 8. Communist monuments in Sofia as lieux de mémoire for political subcultures during the post-communist transition. 9. Street and institution names, city holydays, and symbols. 10. Museumification of the traumatic memory of communism. 11. The post-communist transition in perceptions of the young generations.
Biography
Alexander Karakachanov teaches political science and philosophical anthropology full-time at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies and lectures part-time at Sofia University. He completed his Ph.D. at the Institute of Philosophy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and has authored several publications, including Man and Consciousness (2011), Philosophy of Man (2014), and Current Issues in Political Science: Cultural- Anthropological Approach (2024).
