Varia: Postsowieckość ≠ postkolonialność ≠ postimperialność, czyli co robić po końcu historii?

Author(s): Madina Tłostanowa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 31/2015

The article contemplates social and cultural consequences of the fall of communism as the dominating socio-political ideology and some attempts to fill up the ideological void left by the withering dogmas of the previous regime. One of the discourses, whose premises seem applicable to the post-soviet reality, is post-colonial theory. However, its immediate application does not seem possible for the variety of geo-political reasons which result in a sense of ideological disappointment turning Russians into new subalterns, devoid of their former imperialist pride and uncertain of their status in the globalized and still globalizing world.

BORBA ZA OPSTANAK I MEĐUNARODNO PRIZNANJE BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE

Author(s): Izet Hadžić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 1/2015

Certainly geopolitics provides answers for dissolution of Yugoslavia. However, so far there are no explanation for the crimes and sufferings of the war that took place under the direction of Milošević's policies except Great Serbian fascism. Unconsistent behavior of the international community when it comes to internationally recognized state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as allowing the aggression and war to last almost four years resulted in horrific human and material losses. Only the immense Bosnian patriotism managed to maintain the survival of Bosnia and Herzegovina, even though it was exposed to all the barbaric methods of destruction and very often this destruction was supported by the international representatives. Certainly patriotism was expressed and these losses were suffered for the most part by Bosniaks and Croats, but also by other citizen who remained loyal to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Drei Politiker und Denker des Übergangs im Gespräch mit Aleksander Smolar

Author(s): Aleksander Smolar,Kurt Biedenkopf,Bronisław Geremek,János Kis / Language(s): German Issue: 03/1992

Aleksander Smolar in conversation with the German politician Kurt Biedenkopf, the Polish intellectual and politician Bronisław Geremek and hjis HUngarian colleague János Kis

Speaking of "Eastern Europe"

Author(s): John Harmon McElroy / Language(s): English Issue: 03/2016

Referring to nations in Central Europe as “Eastern Europe” served various interests. Otherwise the falsehood would not have been so often repeated for so many decades in such disparate contexts. Categorising Poland, Hungary, the former Czechoslovakia and a large segment of Germany as “Eastern Europe” became so embedded in Western perception in 1945–1991 that it is still encountered in the speech and writings of Westerners. These misrepresentations, though less common today, now that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have ceased to exist, demonstrate the longterm effects of propaganda when it is clear, simple and undeviatingly ad-hered to for decades. After awhile, the perception a propaganda campaign is designed to produce can take on a life of its own and create an alternative “reality”, which will persist long after the purpose that gave rise to the propaganda no longer exists.

Die Orange Revolution

Author(s): Timothy Garton Ash,Timothy Snyder / Language(s): German Issue: 29/2005

Im vergangenen Herbst prägte sich die Ukraine zum ersten Mal in ihrer Geschichte im politischen Bewusstsein der Weltöffentlichkeit ein. In einer Volksbewegung, die als »Orange Revolution« bekannt wurde, versammelten sich auf dem Unabhängigkeitsplatz in Kiew bei frostigen Temperaturen große Menschenmassen, die orangefarbene Schals trugen, und forderten eine faire Präsidentschaftswahl. Sie haben gesiegt. Unter ihrem neuen Präsidenten Viktor Juschtschenko kann die Ukraine Kurs auf die von ihm und seinen Mitstreitern erhoffte funktionierende Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft auf rechtsstaatlicher Basis und auf eine Mitgliedschaft in der Europäischen Union nehmen.

Српски и словеначки интелектуалци уочи распада Југославије 1986–1989.

Author(s): Kosta Nikolić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2016

The paper discusses the confrotation between Serbian and Slovenian intellectuals (literary historians and writers, philosophers, sociologists, political theorists) in the years before the breakup of Yugoslavia. They were the leaders of “a new wave” which had fundamentally shaken communist Yugoslavia and in the end led to its breakdown. The Serbian and Slovenian intellectual scenes positioned themselves as an alternative to the political system in their republics. Writers had a special places in that process by reviving the old romantic narrative about “the defence of the nation”.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS EFFECTIVENESS: THE CASE OF TRANSITION COUNTRIES

Author(s): Verica Babić,Jelena Nikolić,Milena Stanisavljević / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

Ever since ownership and management were separated, corporate governance emerged as an essential institution of market economy. Based on this statement, several corporate governance mechanisms have been extensively researched. Developed and transition countries, according to the differences that determine the corporate governance model, which refer to the historical and cultural heritage of countries, socio-economic conditions, legal/institutional framework and ownership structure, apply various corporate control mechanisms. Since market institutions are missing in transition countries, and institutional framework is insufficiently developed, these countries must develop appropriate corporate governance model, as well as corporate governance mechanisms. Due to these mentioned features, the research topic is to analyze effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms in selected transition countries with common socio-economic environment. Special attention is given to the problems of corporate governance mechanisms improvement and possibilities of overcoming them.

Az Európai Unió szerepének értékelése az ukrajnai konfliktusban

Author(s): Zoltan Galik / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2016

Magyar válaszok a Majdan után

Author(s): Zsuzsanna Végh / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2016

Az Ukrajnából száműzött Lenin

Author(s): Csilla Fedinec,István Csernicskó / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2016

„Ha lenne még egy életem, egyáltalán nem foglalkoznék politikával”

Author(s): József Kasza,Mark Losoncz,Szilárd Tóth / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1/2016

1989

Author(s): Mihály Laki / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 1-2/2015

A nyughatatlan kísértet az 1989 utáni világrendben

Author(s): Miklós Szalai / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 3-4/2015

G. M. Tamás: Kommunismus nach 1989. Beiträge zu Klassentheorie, Realsozialismus, Osteuropa Herausgegeben und übersetzt von Georg Wallner Mandelbaum, Wien, 2015. 252 oldal, 19.90 €(kritik & utopie)

Autorinė režisūra posovietinėje Lietuvos teatro scenoje

Author(s): Rasa Vasinauskaitė / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 2/2011

In the repertory of the Lithuanian theatre of 1990–2010 one can trace the changes of directorial interpretation. Classical and contemporary dramas, texts based on the works of literature, while being presented on the stages, acquire a new form, which depends on the directors’ individual approach to the concepts of time, society and the communicative tasks of the performance. In this article, based on the universal types of theatre directors, presented by Patrice Pavis (auto-textual, ideo-textual, inter-textual) three types of the performances, characteristic to the Post- Soviet Lithuanian theatre, are distinguished: global meaning / image, (socio) critical / performative, imagination/participation. These types represent the directorial intentions and artistic system of each director, which changes reacting to the “horizon of expectations” of the audience. The first type consists of the performances produced on the works of classical dramaturgy and literature, the second type – on contemporary plays, the third – productions on collective dramaturgy, negating the usual theatrical imagery and provoking the imagination of the audience. These types of the performances reflect the changes of the directorial methods, but do not disprove the function of the director as the author of the performance. The director becomes the author of theatrical event, providing this event with an aesthetical, cultural and historical value.

„ГОСПОД-ИН, ГРАЂАНИН, ДРУГ, ПОДАНИК“: ДРУШТВЕНЕ ПРОМЕНЕ И ЈЕЗИК У СРБИЈИ 1944-1950.

Author(s): Nataša Milićević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1-2/2015

This paper analyzes the influence of political and social changes on language as a means of social communication in Serbia/Yugoslavia within the first few years after the World War II. In addition to the general linguistic changes which were indicating the altered social relations, as well as emphasizing the new values, this paper also discusses the changes that occurred between and within the political and social groups. Special attention is given to the reaction of the Serbian middle class (bourgeoise) members pertaining to the linguistic changes, being themselves “sentenced” to „disappearance“ in the new structure of society and in the times of radical changes. Ultimately, the linguistic changes led to the altered state of consciousness and the creation of new societal identity.

Első kézből a kilencvenes évek magyar külpolitikájáról

Author(s): Arthur Lakatos / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 09/2016

Jeszenszky Géza: Kísérlet a trianoni trauma orvoslására. Magyarország szomszédsági politikája a rendszerváltozás éveiben. Osiris Kiadó, Bp., 2016.

Kūrybos laisvės diskursai vėlyvojo sovietmečio ir pirmųjų nepriklausomybės metų Lietuvos dailės gyvenime

Author(s): Skaidra Trilupaitytė / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 2/2007

With reference to public debate among the art community, this article deals with rhetorical functions of the discourses on creative freedom in Lithuanian art in the late soviet period and the first years of independence. With a concern for the development of a framework for analogous researches in the future, the article focuses on the issues and reflections of art broadly conceived. The discourses of creative freedom in the public field are discussed on the basis of the concept of field (champ) introduced by Pierre Bourdieu. It is pointed out that autonomy, which is necessary for the inner dynamics of the culture field, was evident in the soviet period and in the post-soviet period as well. Still, due to different political regimes, artists had different possibilities to manifest their social behaviour and expression of opinions. It is concluded that during the period of national revival in Lithuania the artists’ fight against the totalitarian regime was rather abstract, while their relationship to the political field after the regaining of independence was expressed as a reaction to newly adopted laws and practices. The paradoxes of the first years of independence, sudden and unexpected social changes enabled artists to reconsider their relation to the state. In the process of change of the system in the post-soviet period, freedom became more than just a paradigmatic concept expressing the objectives of intelligentsia and various social and political groups; the majority of artists soon faced the “cost” of material freedom when living in an independent society.

Welcome to the desert of post-socialism radical Politics after Yugoslavia - Srećko Horvat i Igor Štiks

Author(s): Milan Radonjić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 15/2015

Poslední dny generálního tajemníka ÚV KSČ. Miloš Jakeš po 17. listopadu 1989

Author(s): Pavel Žáček / Language(s): Czech Issue: 04/2014

On 17 November 1989, when the final stage of the destruction of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia began, the last days and hours began to count down for the highest-ranking communist party official – the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Miloš Jakeš. Originally a compromise candidate who had replaced Gustáv Husák in November 1987, and eventually a person ridiculed for his statements in the crucial stage of the regime’s downfall, he deprived the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia of what remained of its authority and legitimacy. How did his last week in this position go, was happening in his office, and why did his solution to the crisis fail?

Wache Ostmitteleuropäische Wende-Elegie

Author(s): László Végel / Language(s): German Issue: 18/2023