Romania confronts its communist past

Romania confronts its communist past: democracy, memory, and moral justice

by Tismaneanu, Vladimir

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Reckoning with mass crimes perpetrated by an ideologically driven regime entails engaging in a thorough-going exploration of its utopian foundations. In the case of Romania, such an analysis requires an interpretation of the role of personality in the construction of a uniquely grotesque and unrepentant form of neo-Stalinist despotism. Of all the revolutions of 1989, the only violent one took place in Romania. Confronting its communist past therefore involves addressing the abuses committed by …

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  • Full title :Romania confronts its communist past : democracy, memory, and moral justice / Vladimir Tismaneanu (University of Maryland, College Park), Marius Stan (University of Bucharest, ICUB).

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Reckoning with mass crimes perpetrated by an ideologically driven regime entails engaging in a thorough-going exploration of its utopian foundations. In the case of Romania, such an analysis requires an interpretation of the role of personality in the construction of a uniquely grotesque and unrepentant form of neo-Stalinist despotism. Of all the revolutions of 1989, the only violent one took place in Romania. Confronting its communist past therefore involves addressing the abuses committed by the communist regime up to its very last day, its failure to engage in Round Table-type agreements with democratic representatives, and the repression during the first post-communist years, a direct legacy of the old regime. This book shows how moral justice can contribute to a restoration of truth and a climate of trust in politics, in the absence of which any democratic polity remains exposed to authoritarian attack.

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  • Publication Date:©2018

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 205 pages .)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139198929, 1139198920, 9781107647435, 1107647436, 1108657966, 9781108657969
  • oclc:on1038242820
  • LC Classification:DR267
  • Dewey Decimal:949.803

Subjects

Communism Communism -- History -- 20th century. -… Despotism Despotism -- History -- 20th century. -… Despotisme -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. -… History Politics and government ROMÂNIA Romania -- Politics and government -- 1… Romania -- Social conditions -- 1945-19… Roumanie -- Conditions sociales -- 1945… Roumanie -- Politique et gouvernement -… Social conditions

Writers

Tismaneanu, Vladimir Stan, Marius

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