“Attempts at Decommunization in Russia Upsets de-Stalinization”
2018; Foreign Affairs; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.31278/1810-6374-2018-16-4-186-205
ISSN2618-9844
Autores Tópico(s)Soviet and Russian History
ResumoAttempts at Decommunization in Russia Upset de-Stalinization" May 5, 2018 marked the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth.Whatever the attitude towards this philosopher, nobody denies that his heritage largely shaped the 20th century and that today's demand for Marxist-related ideas is much above supply.What has happened to leftwing and Communist ideas following the collapse of the Soviet Union and how does decommunization influence societies?Russia in Global Affairs editor Alexander Solovyov discusses these and other related topics with Sergei Solovyov, editor-in-chief of Skepsis magazine.-What made Eastern Europe and some post-soviet republics launch decommunization?-firstly, it is the ideological embodiment of what in eastern europe is commonly called "regime change." a key element of a newlyinvented myth of the fundamental break with the so-called Communist past, which is a clue to the legitimation of the new elite.This policy, as far as I can judge, is enforced more radically the stronger the real ties are between the elite's nomenklatura and the previous political regime.a clear example of this is hungary, where the technocratic mid-level career functionaries began to insist (as soon as they laid hands on the previous regime's property) on the most resolute ideological break with the country's past.on this soil hungarian nationalism soared and Jobbik-the movement for a Better hungary party-emerged in the limelight … I should say that in hungary today we have what I would
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