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Towards a New Community: Culture and Politics in Post-Totalitarian Europe
193 pages. This volume brings together a small selection of papers delivered at a major international conference celebrating the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). The conference was arranged around such themes as 'The Myth of Nation', 'The Cult of Culture', ' Death and Resurrection', 'The Past and its Uses' and ' The Search for a Belief', explored the patterns of disintegration in Communist systems and with analysing the dynamics of political and cultural change in post-totalitarian societies.
220 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Peter J.S. Duncan
5 books1 followerDr Pete Duncan is a Senior Lecturer at SSEES, UCL in London, England.
In the field of Russian foreign policy, my book The Soviet Union and India provides a detailed analysis of a relationship between the USSR and a major partner in what was then known as the Third World. It provided a perspective on Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations, at a time when there was much debate as to where these would lead. In internal Russian politics, my contributions to the co-authored The Road to Post-Communism: Independent Political Movements in the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 explained the dynamics of change within the Russian Republic. My Russian Messianism brought together themes from the history of Russian philosophy and political thought, the internal evolution of the Russian state, and Russia's geopolitical role.
My current research is on the relationship between internal change and foreign policy development in the Russian Federation, under El'tsin, Putin and Medvedev. This considers the rise and nature of Russian nationalism, the rise and fall of the oligarchs, the effects of leadership change and the impact of authoritarianism. I am writing a book on this for Routledge.
In the field of Russian foreign policy, my book The Soviet Union and India provides a detailed analysis of a relationship between the USSR and a major partner in what was then known as the Third World. It provided a perspective on Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations, at a time when there was much debate as to where these would lead. In internal Russian politics, my contributions to the co-authored The Road to Post-Communism: Independent Political Movements in the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 explained the dynamics of change within the Russian Republic. My Russian Messianism brought together themes from the history of Russian philosophy and political thought, the internal evolution of the Russian state, and Russia's geopolitical role.
My current research is on the relationship between internal change and foreign policy development in the Russian Federation, under El'tsin, Putin and Medvedev. This considers the rise and nature of Russian nationalism, the rise and fall of the oligarchs, the effects of leadership change and the impact of authoritarianism. I am writing a book on this for Routledge.
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