The end and the beginning : the revolutions of 1989 and the resurgence of history / [edited by] Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan Iacob.

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2012.

vii, 594 pages : Tables ; 24 cm

Published in 2012 by Central European University Press.

The volume includes revised and extended versions of papers presented at conference "The End and the Beginning: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Resurgence of History" (Washington, D.C., November 9-10, 2009) organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute.

Printed in Hungary by Prime Rate Kft., Budapest.

Memories and Legacies of 1989 -- Moving Away from The Cold War -- Eastern Europe in 1989 -- Aftermaths of Extraordinary Times.

Purposes of the Past -- Twenty Years After 1989 -- Moderate Modernity and the Spirit of 1989 -- People Power? Towards a Historical Explanation of 1989 -- Was 1989 the End of Social Democracy? -- The Demise of the Soviet Bloc -- Gorbachev and the Road to 1989 -- Success Was Not an Orphan: The Battle of the Euromissiles in 1983 and the Events of 1989-1991 -- "No One is Afraid to Talk to Us Anymore." Radio Free Europe in 1989 -- Revisiting the Nature and Legacies of the Ceauşescu Regime -- Where Was the Serbian Havel? -- Communism, the Experience of Light Electrification, and Legitimization in USSR and Romania before 1989 -- Buying Time: Consumption and Political Legitimization in Late Communist Czechoslovakia -- The Second Hat: Romanian Media-Mass from Party Loudspeaker to the Voice of the Oligarchs -- Totalitarian Discourse and Ceauşescu's Loss of Words: Memorializing Rhetoric in 1989 Romania -- "A Spectre is Haunting Europe...": Dissidents, Intellectuals and a New Generation -- Memory, Justice and Democratization in Post-Communism -- Transitional Justice and the Politicization of Memory in Post-1989 Europe -- Incredible Voyage: Romania's Communist Heirs Adapt and Survive After 1989 -- In the Footsteps of 1989: Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" as a Carnival of Anti-politics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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