{"product_id":"communisms-public-sphere-9781501767043","title":"Communisms Public Sphere","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunism''s Public Sphere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores the political role of cultural spaces in the Eastern Bloc.\u003c\/b\u003e Under communist regimes that banned free speech, political discussions shifted to spaces of art: theaters, galleries, concert halls, and youth clubs. Kyrill Kunakhovich shows how these venues turned into sites of dialogue and contestation. While officials used them to spread the communist message, artists and audiences often flouted state policy and championed alternative visions. Cultural spaces therefore came to function as a public sphere, or a rare outlet for discussing public affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on Kraków in Poland and Leipzig in East Germany, \u003ci\u003eCommunism''s Public Sphere\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on state-society interactions in the Eastern Bloc. In place of the familiar trope of domination and resistance, it highlights unexpected symbioses like state-sponsored rock and roll, socialist consumerism, and sanctioned dissent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining nearly five decades of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Chapter 1: Takeover: Reconstruction as Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chapter 2: Planning: Workers' Productivity and Cultural Mass Work\u003cbr\u003e 3. Chapter 3: Nationalism: Public Protest and the Birth of National Communism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Chapter 4: Pluralism: Individual Choice and Public-Opinion Polling\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chapter 5: Consumerism: Cultured Consumption and Its Limits\u003cbr\u003e 6. Chapter 6: Reform: The Promise and Peril of Controlled Revolt\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chapter 7: Dissent: Normalization and Its Discontents\u003cbr\u003e 8. Chapter 8: Protest: Spaces of Opposition, Spaces of Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409367900503,"sku":"9781501767043","price":37.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501767043.jpg?v=1730506560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/communisms-public-sphere-9781501767043","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}