The current transformation of many Eastern European societies is impossible to understand without comprehending the intellectual struggles surrounding nationalism in the region. Anthropologist Katherine Verdery shows how the example of Romania suggests that current ethnic tensions come not from a resurrection of pre-Communist Nationalism but from the strengthening of national ideologies under Communist Party rule.
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The current transformation of many Eastern European societies is impossible to understand without comprehending the intellectual struggles surrounding nationalism in the region. Anthropologist Katherine Verdery shows how the example of Romania suggests that current ethnic tensions come not from a resurrection of pre-Communist Nationalism but from the strengthening of national ideologies under Communist Party rule.
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Minor rubbing, dustwrapper stained, VG., dustwrapper. 24x16cm, xvi, 406 pp. Contents: Introduction: Ideology, Cultural Politics, Intellectuals; Antecedents: National Ideology & Cultural Politics in Presocialist Romania; Modeling Socialism & Socialist Cultural Politics; The Suppression & Reassertion of National Values in Socialist Romania; The Means of Conflict: "Elitism", "Dogmatism" & Indigenizations of Marxism; Romanian Protochronism; Historiography in a Party Mode: Horea's Revolt & the Production of History; The "School" of Philosopher Constantin Noica; Conclusion.
