{"product_id":"between-utopia-and-disillusionment-a-narrative-of-the-political-transformation-in-eastern-europe-9781571818959","title":"Between Utopia and Disillusionment: A Narrative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tScholarly interpretations of the collapse of communism and developments thereafter have tended to be primarily concerned with people’s need to rid themselves of the communist system, of their past. The expectations, dreams, and hopes that ordinary Eastern Europeans had when they took to the streets in 1989, and have had ever since, have therefore been overlooked – and our understanding of the changes in post-communist Europe has remained incomplete. Focusing primarily on five key areas, such as the heritage of 1989 revolutions, ambivalence, disillusionment, individualism, and collective identities, this book explores the expectations and goals that ordinary Eastern Europeans had during the 1989 revolutions and the decade thereafter, and also the problems and disappointments they encountered in the course of the transformation. The analysis is based on extensive interviews with university students and young intellectuals in the Czech Republic, Eastern Germany and Estonia in the 1990s, which in themselves have considerable value as historical documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"Vogt listens, and he does it brilliantly thus providing the reader with a truly unique narrative that is both analytically deep and enjoyable to read…Thanks to Vogt's confident, forceful and lucid style, the narrative never loses its grip on the academic debate; it incorporates an enormous body of the relevant literature in political science, philosophy, cultural anthropology, and social psychology. Yet, the text clearly gives priority to what makes this study exceptional: the live experiences of Eastern Europeans.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Kosmopolis. The Finnish Journal of Peace, Conflict and Global Politics Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBackground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rejection of Utopia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEmpirical Sources and Narrativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Structure of the Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Narratives of the Revolutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEstonia – the Singing Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe German Democratic Republic – \u003cem\u003edie sanfte Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCzechoslovakia – the Velvet Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBy Way of Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Revolution as a Utopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Notion of Utopia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFreedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFuture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Utopia Not Yet Fulfilled: Ambivalence after the Revolutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPost-revolutionary Ambivalence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPostmodern Ambivalence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExcursus: Ambivalence in Ivan Klíma’s \u003cem\u003ePoslední stupenv du° vevrnosti\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Utopia Not Fulfilled: Disillusionment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMaterial Reasons for Disillusionment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAtomisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAlienation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExcursus: Diachronic and Synchronic Alienation in Post-communist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNovels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAcceptance: Sacrifice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Individualism as a Utopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Notion of Individualism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndividualism and Communism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndividualism and Post-communism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIndividualism, Politics and Democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Collective Utopias: From National Independence to Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNationalism and Communism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Idea of the Nation: Present and Not Yet Present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Utopian Struggle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNational Identity: Universal or Particular?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Politics between Utopia and Disillusionment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tUnderstanding Post-communist Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Utopia of Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFinal Remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Interviews and the Method of Analysis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThemes of the Interviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThemes for the Czech essayists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPresident Lennart Meri’s Speeches Analysed in Chapter 6.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTranslations of the German Interview Passages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041434075479,"sku":"9781571818959","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571818959.jpg?v=1750950262","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-utopia-and-disillusionment-a-narrative-of-the-political-transformation-in-eastern-europe-9781571818959","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}