Notes and Comments – Our Recent Pasts: Recent Developments in East Central Europe in the Light of Various Social Philosophies
Notes and Comments – Our Recent Pasts: Recent Developments in East Central Europe in the Light of Various Social Philosophies
Author(s): Elemér HankissSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Civil Society, Political history, Social history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: East Central Europe; revolutions of 1989; uncertainty in post-revolution years; social philosophy;
Summary/Abstract: More than four years have elapsed since the velvet or non-velvet revolutions in East Central Europe. It is time and timely to draw the first balance sheets of these glorious and hectic years. But it is easier to state the importance of this project than to achieve it, for various reasons: Events and developments in these four years display such a confusing complexity that it is not at all easy to disentangle the main trends, patterns, and relationships. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 08/1994
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 531-542
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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