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An international group of distinguished academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in a lively exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. Between Past and Future is an essential reference book for scholars and students of all levels, policy-makers, journalists and the general reader interested in the past and future prospects of Central and Eastern Europe.

Sorin Antohi is Associate Professor of History at the University of Bucharest, and at Central European University, Budapest; he is currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford. Vladimir Tismaneanu is Professor of Government and Politics and the Director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

List of Tables	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xi
Meanings of 1989: Present Significance of the Past
Between Past and Future	p. 3
On Two Models of Exit from Communism: Central Europe and the Balkans	p. 14
1989 as Rebirth	p. 25
1989 and the Future of Democracy	p. 39
Habits of the Mind: Europe's Post-1989 Symbolic Geographies	p. 61
Winners and Losers in the Great Transformation
Independence Reborn and the Demons of the Velvet Revolution	p. 81
Between Idealism and Realism: Reflections on the Political Landscape of Postcommunism	p. 100
Postsocialisms	p. 122
Fighting for the Public Sphere: Democratic Intellectuals under Postcommunism	p. 153
Vulnerabilities of the New Democracies
Privatization as Transforming Persons	p. 175
Gendering Postsocialism: Reproduction as Politics in East Central Europe	p. 198
The Morals of Transition: Decline of Public Interest and Runaway Reforms in Eastern Europe	p. 216
Counterrevolution	p. 247
The Handshake Tradition: A Decade of Consensus Politics Bears Liberal Fruit in Hungary--But What Next?	p. 272
Politics and Freedom	p. 280
The New Europe: Prospects for Cooperation and Conflict
Electocracies and the Hobbesian Fishbowl of Postcommunist Politics	p. 291
The Europe Agreements and Transition: Unique Returns from Integrating into the European Union	p. 306
Nationalism in Postcommunist Russia: From Resignation to Anger	p. 332
Chinese Bridges to Postsocialist Europe	p. 357
Mickiewicz and the Question of Sacred Territory	p. 383
Past, Present, Future
Conclusions	p. 395
Contributors	p. 403
Name Index	p. 405
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Between Past and Future

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