Fantasies of salvation : democracy, nationalism, and myth in post-communist Europe / Vladimir Tismaneanu.
Eastern Europe has become an ideological battleground since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with liberals and authoritarians struggling to seize the ground lost by Marxism. In Fantasies of Salvation, Vladimir Tismaneanu traces the intellectual history of this struggle and warns that authoritarian...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Eastern Europe has become an ideological battleground since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with liberals and authoritarians struggling to seize the ground lost by Marxism. In Fantasies of Salvation, Vladimir Tismaneanu traces the intellectual history of this struggle and warns that authoritarian nationalists pose a serious threat to democratic forces. A leading observer of the often baffling world of post-Communist Europe, Tismaneanu shows that extreme nationalistic and authoritarian thought has been influential in Eastern Europe for much of this century, while liberalism has only shallow. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400822508 1400822505 1400813662 9781400813667 9780691048260 0691048266 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |