Overview
The first work that covers the post-Communist development of historical studies in six Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. A uniquely critical and qualitative analysis from a comparative and critical perspective, written by scholars from the region itself. Focusing on the first post-Communist decade, 1989–1999, the book offers a longer-term perspective that includes the immediate 'prehistory' of that momentous decade as well as its 'posthistoire'. The authors capture the spirit of 1989, that heady mix of elation, surprise, determination, and hope: l'ivresse du possible. This was the paradoxical beginning of Eastern European post-Communism: ushered in by 'anti-Utopian' revolutions, and slowly finding its course towards a bureaucratic, imitative, challenging, and anachronistic restoration of a capitalism that had changed almost beyond recognition when it had mutated into the negative double of Communism. Each individual chapter has numerous and detailed notes and references.
Full Product Details
Author: Péter Apor ,
Sorin Antohi ,
Balázs Trencsényi
Publisher: Central European University Press
Imprint: Central European University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.862kg
ISBN: 9789637326851
ISBN 10: 9637326855
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 15 July 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
An excellent addition to the existing literature on postsocialist historiography in eastern and southeastern Europe. A particular strength of the contributions is their coherence. This well-edited book will appeal not only to specialists of east central and southeastern European history and historiography but would also be an asset in classes dealing with collective memory and historiography in this region. * Slavic Review *
"""An excellent addition to the existing literature on postsocialist historiography in eastern and southeastern Europe. A particular strength of the contributions is their coherence. This well-edited book will appeal not only to specialists of east central and southeastern European history and historiography but would also be an asset in classes dealing with collective memory and historiography in this region."" * Slavic Review *"
Author Information
Péter Apor is permanent research fellow at the Institute of History, Humanities Research Center, Budapest. Balázs Trencsényi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University. Sorin Antohi is Associate Professor of History at the University of Bucharest, and at Central European University, Budapest; he is currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford.
