1st Edition
The Legacy of Division East and West after 1989
344 Pages
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Central European University Press
This volume examines the legacy of the East–West divide since the implosion of the communist regimes in Europe. The ideals of 1989 have largely been frustrated by the crises and turmoil of the past decade. The liberal consensus was first challenged as early as the mid-2000s. In Eastern Europe, grievances were directed against the prevailing narratives of transition and ever sharper... Read more
Acknowledgements,The legacy of division: East and West after 1989 Ferenc Laczó and Luka Lisjak Gabrijel?i?Staring through the mocking glass: Three misperceptions of the East-West divide since 1989 Dorothee Bohle and Béla GreskovitsBack to Cold War and beyond Richard SakwaThe cost of unity: The transformation of Germany and East Central Europe after 1989 Philipp TherThirty years on: Germany's unfinished unity Claus LeggewieThis mess of troubled times Karl SchlögelThe mythology of the East-West divide Jan ZielonkaAnxious Europe Florian Bieber'But this is the world we live in': Corruption, everyday managing, and civic mobilization in post-socialist Romania Jill MassinoThe end of the liberal world as we know it? Two walls in 1989 James WangWests, East-Wests, and divides Niall ChithelenThe Great Substitution Holly CaseThe struggle over 1989: The rise and contestation of eastern European populism Bogdan Iacob, James Mark and Tobias RupprechtBeyond anti-democratic temptation Marius Stan and Vladimir TismaneanuDissidence - doubt - creativity: Revisiting 1983 Joachim von PuttkamerGendering dissent: Human rights, gender history and the road to 1989 Robert BrierCreating feminism in the shadow of male heroes: That other story of 1989 Zsófia LórándLegacies of 1989 for dissent today Barbara J. FalkOf hopes and ends: Czech transformations after 1989 Ond?ej Sla?álekJust because the map says so, doesn't mean it's true: Thirty years after 1989, from an island perspective Owen HatherleyThe East in you never leaves Julia SonnevendFreedom of movement: A European dialectic Jannis Panagiotidis'The Romanians are coming': Emerging divisions and enduring misperceptions in contemporary Europe Diana GeorgescuThe two faces of European disillusionment: An end to myths about the West and the East Jaros?aw KuiszGo East! Aleida Assmann:'The future was next to you.': An interview with Ivan Krastev on '89 and the end of liberal hegemony: 'The distorting mirror': A conversation between Igor Pomerantsev and Peter Pomerantsev, Bibliography, List of Contributors, Index.
Biography
Ferenc Laczó is an assistant professor in European History at Maastricht University.
Luka Lisjak Gabrijelcic is a Slovene historian, political analyst and translator.
