The end and the beginning : the revolutions of 1989 and the resurgence of history / / edited by Vladimir Tismaneanu with Bogdan C. Iacob

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814084403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Budapest ; ; New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 978-615-5053-67-2; 615-5053-67-7; 1-283-59405-6; 9786613906502
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 594 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): TismaneanuVladimir; IacobBogdan
• Disciplina: 947.0009/048
• Soggetti: Revolutions - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century; Revolutions - Communist countries - History - 20th century; Romania History Revolution, 1989 Congresses; Europe, Eastern History 1989- Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes papers of the conference "The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History" held November 9-10, 2009 at the University of Maryland.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Rethinking 1989 / Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Memories and legacies of 1989. Purposes of the past / Gale Stokes ; Years after 1989 / Agnes Heller ; Moderate modernity and the spirit of 1989 / Karol Edward Soltan ; People power? towards a historical explanation of 1989 / Konrad H. Jarausch ; Was 1989 the end of social democracy? / Cornel Ban -- Moving away from the Cold War. The demise of the Soviet bloc / Mark Kramer ; Gorbachev and the road to 1989 / Vladislav Zubok ; Success was not an orphan: the battle of the Euromissiles in 1983 and the events of 1989 - 1991 / Jeffrey Herf ; "No one is afraid to talk to us anymore": Radio Free Europe in 1989 / A. Ross Johnson -- Eastern Europe in 1989. Communism and nationalism before and after 1989 / Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan Iacob ; Where was the Serbian Havel? / Nick Miller ; Communism and the experience of light electrification ; and legitimization in USSR and Romania before 1989 / Catalin Avramescu ; Buying time: consumption and political legitimization in late-Communist Czechoslovakia / Bradley Abrams ; The second hat: Romanian media-mass from party loudspeaker to the voice of the oligarchs / Ioan T. Morar and David Morar -- Aftermaths of extraordinary times. Totalitarian discourse and Ceausescu's loss of words: memorializing rhetoric in 1989 Romania / Noemi Marin ; "A spectre is haunting Europe": dissidents, intellectuals and a new generation / Marci Shore ; Memory, justice and democratization in post-Communism / Lavinia Stan ; Transitional justice and the politicization of memory in post-1989 Europe / A. James Mcadams ; Incredible voyage: Romania's Communist speculators adapt and survive after 1989 / Tom Gallagher ; In the footsteps of 1989: Ukraine's "orange revolution" as a carnival of antipolitics / Peter Voitsekhovsky ; Conclusion: shades of gray: revisiting the meanings of 1989 / Jeffrey C. Isaac.
• Sommario/riassunto: A fresh interpretation of the contexts, meanings, and consequences of the revolutions of 1989, coupled with state of the art reassessment of the significance and consequences of the events associated with the demise of communist regimes. The book provides an analysis that takes into account the complexities of the Soviet bloc, the events' impact upon Europe, and their re-interpretation within a larger global context. Departs from static ways of analysis (events and their significance) bringing forth approaches that deal with both pre-1989 developments and the 1989 context itself, while extensively discussing the ways of resituating 1989 in the larger context of the 20th century and of its lessons for the 21st.Emphasizes the possibility for re-thinking and re-visiting the filters and means that scholars use to interpret such turning point. The editors perceive the present project as a challenge to existing readings on the complex set of issues and topics presupposed by a re-evaluation of 1989 as a symbol of the change and transition from authoritarianism to democracy.