Lands In-between: The Politics of Cultural Identity in Contemporary Eastern Europe
Lands In-between: The Politics of Cultural Identity in Contemporary Eastern Europe
Author(s): Melvin CroanSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Politics, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Contemporary Eastern Europe; politics of cultural identity; Communist rule and culture; political regime; new political identity;
Summary/Abstract: Today's Eastern Europe came into existence as a distinct geopolitical entity only after World War II. Many observers-critical East European commentators foremost among them-chalk it all up to Yalta. However one may feel about code words, the 1945 Yalta agreements surely did foster the establishment of a novel "supranational space," comprising a conglomeration of peoples and cultures knowing little and caring less about one other. The ensuing disarray, in turn, greatly facilitated the region's Sovietization which the West, for its part, effectively failed to counter. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 03/1989
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 176-197
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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