{"product_id":"politics-of-time-dynamics-of-identity-in-post-communist-poland-9781845455101","title":"Politics of Time: Dynamics of Identity in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhat has really happened in Poland since the election of 2005? After such spectacular events as the practice of lustration and the questioning of solidarity with the European Union, one has to ask: what is the nature of this newly emerging society? As with many of the recent developments in former communist countries that seem to be mysterious and irrational, the situation and ensuing problems are complex and the answers neither trivial nor easy. This book, by the distinguished Polish philosopher, addresses these complexities through the role of the communist past in post-communist Poland. It describes the events that led to the collapse of the Solidarity program and the growing influence of the nationalistic and religious parties in the government. The author investigates the nature of social and political temporality and develops a theoretical framework that allows him to apply his conclusions not only to Poland but also to other formerly communist countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Political Time or the Past as a Political Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMemory of Politics, Politics of Memory: The Politics of the Past in Post-totalitarian Poland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMechanisms of Exclusion and Inclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLiberating the Future from the Past: Liberating the Past from the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Politics of Political Biography: Self-realization, Loyalty, and Political Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCivil Society as an Ethical Challenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLife as Simulacrum: Stanislaw Lem’s Science Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Social Time or the Ontology of Expectations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOntology of Expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGenealogy of Expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Myth of the Unity of the Nation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMarxism as a Way of Life: The Failure of an Impossible Project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Mythologies of Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Perspectives on Time: From Philosophy to Anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Problem of Time in Pragmatism and Phenomenology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTime, Dialogue, and Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTime and Social Practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitics of Memory, Politics of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eEpilogue: What has Happened to Us? The Rise of Post-post-communism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Emergence of Post-post-communism or Populist Post-communism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWhat is Post-post-communism?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDemocracy against Democracy or Who has Hijacked the Common Background?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPossible Scenarios and Two Conservatisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNew Tribalism, Post-post-communism, and the Politics of Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEpilogue – Supplement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix: Post-communism and Pop Music: Annihilation or Restoration of Memory in Disco-polo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTwo Views on Disco-polo: Intellectuals’ “Horror Vacui” and the Nation’s Hope “All Poles” or What is Disco-polo?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Glorious Past and the Slavic Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIn Opposition to the West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDisco-polo and the Dilemmas of Polish Past and Present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042978103639,"sku":"9781845455101","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845455101.jpg?v=1750956494","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/politics-of-time-dynamics-of-identity-in-post-communist-poland-9781845455101","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}