Contested Legacies of 1989 - Geopolitics, Memories and Societies in Central and Eastern Europe

Strongly affected by modern history and facing dilemmas of modernity, Central and Eastern Europe has been healing fresh wounds for the past 30 years. The present volume analyzes the contemporary challenges related to the heritage of 1989. The peaceful revolution brought substantial socio-cultural, institutional and strategic transformations, setting a long-term course for Central and Eastern European policymaking. Recently, however, these legacies, namely the geopolitical aspects of the transformation, the policies of collective memory, and even intrasocietal issues, have been questioned more than ever. It seems the region is approaching the end of a revolutionary cycle of transition. This volume tries to investigate this phenomenon as it unfolds.

About the author

Nicolas Maslowski, Ph.D., is director of the CCFEF, the French-Polish center of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Warsaw. His research centers around issues in Central and Eastern Europe, collective memory and historical sociology.
Kinga Torbicka, Ph.D., is a research fellow at the CCFEF at the University of Warsaw. She focuses her research on geopolitics and the security of Central and Eastern Europe.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elzbieta Halas (Editor), Nicolas Maslowski (Editor), Kinga Torbicka (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2022
• EAN: 9783631857984
• ISBN: 978-3-631-85798-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 17 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 369 g
• Illustrations: 5 Abb.
• Series: Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories