{"product_id":"making-sense-of-dictatorship-domination-and-everyday-life-in-east-central-europe-after-1945-9789633864272","title":"Making Sense of Dictatorship: Domination and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did political power function in the communist regimes of East Central Europe after 1945? \u003cem\u003eMaking Sense of Dictatorship\u003c\/em\u003e addresses this question with a particular focus on the acquiescent behavior of the majority of the population until, at the end of the 1980s, their rejection of state socialism and its authoritarian world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors refer to the concept of Sinnwelt, the way in which groups and individuals made sense of the world around them. The essays focus on the dynamics of everyday life and the extent to which the relationship between citizens and the state was collaborative or antagonistic. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of life in this period, including modernization, consumption and leisure, and the everyday experiences of “ordinary people,” single mothers, or those adopting alternative lifestyles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmpirically rich and conceptually original, the essays in this volume suggest new ways to understand how people make sense of everyday life under dictatorial regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vsak izmed prispevkov, ki jo sestavljajo, na izviren in svojstven način razrešuje napetost med empirijo in teoretsko zastavljenim okvirom. A vendar je tisto, zaradi česar monografija najbolj izstopa, skupno osnovno razumevanje problematike, prisotno pri vseh avtorjih: v zgodovinopisju je malo prostora za črno-bele slike in mnogo prostora za raziskovanje različnosti, nians in nenehno spreminjajočih se pogledov.\" https:\/\/ojs.inz.si\/pnz\/article\/view\/4051 -- Tjaša Konovšek * Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers concrete examples of what research on socialist dictatorships can mean. It is in the specific cases that the interconnectedness of the pressures that socialist dictatorships exerted on their populations, the opportunities that these same regimes offered, and the strategies that populations and communities used to deal with them in lived practice, is well illustrated. Making Sense of Dictatorship provides insight into how different actors across the societies of socialist dictatorships struggled to make sense of their social reality.\"  https:\/\/sd.usd.cas.cz\/pdfs\/sod\/2022\/03\/07.pdf -- Václav Sixta * Soudobé dějiny *\u003cbr\u003e\"Making Sense of Dictatorship is a rich source of material that moves beyond a singular national narrative and encourages a comparative perspective. The emphasis on the everyday life of individuals provides thought-provoking insights, especially in light of all the people living under the cloud of authoritarianism in the contemporary world.\" https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09668136.2023.2282291 -- Alex Chelegeer * Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"The major strengths of the book lie in its thematic diversity. The diversity of historical actors who parade across the pages of this book offers a glimpse into various perspectives and experiences. The volume will be thought-provoking for anyone interested in the history of Eastern Europe and everyday life under dictatorships, and it will be useful for historians, social scientists, and their students alike.\" https:\/\/hunghist.org\/images\/HHR_2023-2_Huhak.pdf -- Heléna Huhák * Hungarian Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword (\u003cem\u003ePavel Kolář and Michal Kopeček)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors’ Note (\u003cem\u003eAna Kladnik and Celia Donert)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART ONE: SINNWELT AND EIGEN-SINN \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocialism as \u003cem\u003eSinnwelt\u003c\/em\u003e: Communist Dictatorship and its World of Meaning in a Cultural-Historical Perspective (\u003cem\u003eMartin Sabrow)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeither Consent nor Opposition: \u003cem\u003eEigen-Sinn\u003c\/em\u003e, or How to Make Sense of Compliance and Self-Assertion under Communist Domination (\u003cem\u003eThomas Lindenberger)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART TWO: AUTHORITIES AND DOMINATION \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoliceman Nicolae: The Story of One Man’s Life and Work in the Socialist Republic of Romania (1960–89) (\u003cem\u003eCiprian Cirniala)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe East German Reporting System: Normality and Legitimacy Through Bureaucracy (\u003cem\u003eHedwig Richter)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Communist Elites and the Demise of State Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1986–89) (\u003cem\u003eMichal Pullmann)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART THREE: EVERYDAY SOCIAL PRACTICES AND SINNWELT \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal Self-Governance, Voluntary Practices, and the \u003cem\u003eSinnwelt \u003c\/em\u003eof Socialist Velenje (\u003cem\u003eAna Kladnik)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Housekeeping Worlds; or, How Much is Thirty Percent Really? \u003cem\u003eEigensinnige \u003c\/em\u003eConsumer Practices and the Hungarian Trade Union’s “Washing Machine Campaign” of 1957–58 (\u003cem\u003eAnnina Gagyiova)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSingle Mothers, Lonely Children: Polish Families, Socialist Modernity, and the Experience of Crisis of the Late 1970s and 1980s (\u003cem\u003eBarbara Klich-Kluczewska)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Since Makarenko the Time for Experiments has Passed”: Peace, Gender, and Human Rights in East Berlin during the 1980s (\u003cem\u003eCelia Donert)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART FOUR: INTELLECTUAL AND EXPERT WORLDS AND (DE-)LEGITIMIZATION \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with Progress in Late Socialist Czechoslovakia: The Example of Most, North Bohemia (\u003cem\u003eMatĕj Spurný)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthentic Community and Autonomous Individual: Making Sense of Socialism in Late Socialist Hungary (\u003cem\u003ePéter Apor)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Will to Publicity” and its Publicists: Curating the Memory of Czechoslovak Samizdat (\u003cem\u003eJonathan Larson)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDissident Legalism: Human Rights, Socialist Legality, and the Birth of Legal Resistance in the 1970s Democratic Opposition in Czechoslovakia and Poland (\u003cem\u003eMichal Kopeček)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslators \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Central European University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51047192002903,"sku":"9789633864272","price":54.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9789633864272.jpg?v=1750970615","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-sense-of-dictatorship-domination-and-everyday-life-in-east-central-europe-after-1945-9789633864272","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}