Re-enchanting Modernity in the East and West: Comparative Perspectives on the Legacy of 1968. An Author Meets Her Reviewers: A Symposium
Re-enchanting Modernity in the East and West: Comparative Perspectives on the Legacy of 1968. An Author Meets Her Reviewers: A Symposium
Author(s): Kristina Andělová, Wendy Bracewell, Irena Grudzińska Gross, Krzysztof Jasiewicz, David Ost, Nina WitoszekSubject(s): Politics, Civil Society, Politics and society, Comparative politics, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: rebellion 1968; modernity; identity; liberal democracy; twenty-first-century populism;
Summary/Abstract: This paper has a threefold objective. Firstly, it casts a new light on the legacy of the 1960s’ student rebellion in the West and in Eastern Europe, reinterpreting the two upheavals as opposing kinds of civilizational critique of the modern project. Secondly, it unwraps the key problems with visions of re-enchanted modernity proposed by the Western and eastern European Left. Lastly, it contends that reassessing the legacy of 1968 may offer a key to understanding the resurgence of illiberal movements in the twenty-first century.
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 35/2021
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 525-567
- Page Count: 43
- Language: English
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