POST-COMMUNISM, LIBERALISM AND SOLIDARITY IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AFTER 1989
POST-COMMUNISM, LIBERALISM AND SOLIDARITY IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AFTER 1989
Author(s): Andrzej KobylińskiSubject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Social development, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego (TNFS)
Keywords: post-communism; communism; liberalism; solidarity; ethics of solidarity; human rights; homo sovieticus; ethics of post-communism;
Summary/Abstract: The main aim of this article is to analyze the transition from communism to post-communism in the Eastern Bloc countries after 1989. Post-communism in Central and Eastern Europe gradually transformed into various forms of democracy. The political project implemented in post-communist societies is a selective kind of liberalism, which entailed a number of negative consequences. Unfortunately, in the process of transition from post-communism to liberal democracy, a very small role was played by the category of solidarity as an important virtue of social life. We need today a global expansion of solidarity as a new worldwide ethos.
Journal: Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe
- Issue Year: 39/2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 105-115
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
