The Ethical Significance of Eastern Europe, Twenty Years On
The Ethical Significance of Eastern Europe, Twenty Years On
Author(s): Timothy SnyderSubject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Political history, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: solidarity; energy; elections; European Union;
Summary/Abstract: Twenty years after the end of communism in Eastern Europe, the region seems to have lost its sheen of moral appeal. What has happened to the dissidents, the heroes, the ethical lessons? Yet the Eastern Europe of today has become, in new and surprising ways, the test case of three of the largest questions of political morality in the early twentieth century: free elections, energy independence, and the divisiveness of national memory.
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 23/2009
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 455-460
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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