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

Tismaneanu, Vladimir, author, Stan, Marius, author

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Reckoning with mass crimes perpetrated by an ideologically driven regime entails engaging in a thorough 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 forms of neo-Stalinist despotism. Of all the revolutions of 1989, the only violent one took place in Romania. Confronting its Community past therefore involves addressing the abuses committed by the Communist regime up until 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 attacks--back cover.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: 1900-1999 / Communism Romania History 20th century. / Despotism Romania History 20th century. / Communism. / Despotism. / Politics and government. / Social conditions. / Romania Politics and government 1944-1989. / Romania Social conditions 1945-1989. / Romania.
• ISBN: 1107025923, 9781107025929

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