Avatars of the Social Imaginary
Avatars of the Social Imaginary

Myths about Romanian Communism after 1989

Author(s): Claudia-Florentina Dobre
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Central European University Press
Keywords: Romania;communism;fall of Communism;
Summary/Abstract: After the fall of communism in December 1989, a feverish period of political and social changes ensued. A new political order took shape, instituted by and instituting a new social imaginary. In the process, old myths were brought back to life in order to give meaning and significance to the new reality, as well as to determine political and social cohesion and coherence.This chapter looks at the structures of the post-communist social imaginary in Romania through the lenses of the mythology constructed to make sense of the past and to provide significance to the present.

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