The Transformation of Post-Communism: Between Liberal Pluralism and Democractic Community Cover Image

Postkomunizmo transformacija: tarp liberalaus pliuralizmo ir demokratinės bendruomenės
The Transformation of Post-Communism: Between Liberal Pluralism and Democractic Community

Author(s): Vaidotas Valantiejus
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: post-communism; liberal pluralism; democratic pluralism; differential nature of the political

Summary/Abstract: The main task of this article is to analyze complex relations between post-communism and democracy. More specifically, it aims to understand the interaction of two different forms of society: holistic and plu¬ralistic. The article argues that post-communism is the hybrid condition that includes the alter ego of com¬munism, liberalism and postmodernism. The reflection of triple relations is necessary for the autonomy of post-communism. The relationship between post-communism and communism is analyzed as the problem of post-totalitarianism, between post-communism and liberalism as the problem of democratic liberaliza¬tion, and between post-communism and postmodernism as the problem of pluralisation of pluralism.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 286-303
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Lithuanian