Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012: geopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts

Description

Foreward: rediscovering postcommunist Central Europe -- Introduction -- Defining Central Europe as a postcommunist region -- Positive and negative freedom in Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Virtual and real freedom in Central Europe after 1989 -- The complete and incomplete transition in Central Europe -- Fluctuating socioeconomics and postsocialist inverted morals -- The salvation of the two Europes in 1968 from the perspective of 1989 -- Vilnius 10 group -- geopolitical emancipation or a lost opportunity for angelic moral politics? -- The demiurge of the EU and Central Europe -- Different meanings applied to May 9th victory day in WWII: Russian and Baltic perspectives after 1989 -- Social and political meaning of light in Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Communist nostalgia as extrapolation of the past into the present -- Katyn does not happen twice. Foreward: rediscovering postcommunist Central Europe -- Introduction -- Defining Central Europe as a postcommunist region -- Positive and negative freedom in Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Virtual and real freedom in Central Europe after 1989 -- The complete and incomplete transition in Central Europe -- Fluctuating socioeconomics and postsocialist inverted morals -- The salvation of the two Europes in 1968 from the perspective of 1989 -- Vilnius 10 group -- geopolitical emancipation or a lost opportunity for angelic moral politics? -- The demiurge of the EU and Central Europe -- Different meanings applied to May 9th victory day in WWII: Russian and Baltic perspectives after 1989 -- Social and political meaning of light in Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Communist nostalgia as extrapolation of the past into the present -- Katyn does not happen twice.