Against the historical backdrop of successive socialist and post-socialist claims to have completely remade society, the contributors to this volume explore the complex and often paradoxical continuities between diverse post-socialist presents and their corresponding socialist and pre-socialist pasts. The chapters focus on ways in which: pre-socialist economic, political, and cultural forms in fact endured an era of socialism and have found new life in the post-socialist present, notwithstanding revolutionary socialist claims; continuities with a pre-socialist past have been produced within…mehr
Against the historical backdrop of successive socialist and post-socialist claims to have completely remade society, the contributors to this volume explore the complex and often paradoxical continuities between diverse post-socialist presents and their corresponding socialist and pre-socialist pasts. The chapters focus on ways in which: pre-socialist economic, political, and cultural forms in fact endured an era of socialism and have found new life in the post-socialist present, notwithstanding revolutionary socialist claims; continuities with a pre-socialist past have been produced within the historical imaginary of post-socialism; and socialist economic, political, and cultural forms have in fact endured in a purportedly postsocialist era, despite the claims of neo-liberal reformers.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Parvathi Raman is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Her research in South Africa explores the historical impact of Indians in the South African Communist Party, and their contribution to the struggle against apartheid.
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List of Contributors Introduction: Poetries of the Past in a Socialist World Remade Parvathi Raman and Harry G. West Chapter 1. From Socialist Chiefs to Postsocialist Cadres: Neotraditional Authority in Neoliberal Mozambique Harry G. West Chapter 2. 'For Eating, It's Guangzhou': Regional Culinary Traditions and Chinese Socialism Jakob A. Klein Chapter 3. Searching for the Time of Beautiful Madness: Of Ruins and Revolution in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua Dennis Rodgers Chapter 4. The Object of Morality: Rethinking Informal Networks in Central Europe Nicolette Makovicky Chapter 5. Vietnamese Narratives of Tradition, Exchange and Friendship in the Worlds of the Global Socialist Ecumene Susan Bayly Chapter 6. Waste under Socialism and After: A Case Study from Almaty Catherine Alexander Chapter 7. Corruption and the One-party State in Tanzania: The View from Dar es Salaam, 1964-2000 John R. Campbell Chapter 8. Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China Kevin Latham Chapter 9. The Rooted Anthropologies of East-Central Europe Chris Hann Chapter 10. Historical Analogies and the Commune: The Case of Putin/Stolypin Caroline Humphrey Chapter 11. Signifying Something: Che Guevara and Neoliberal Alienation in London Parvathi Raman Index
List of Contributors Introduction: Poetries of the Past in a Socialist World Remade Parvathi Raman and Harry G. West Chapter 1. From Socialist Chiefs to Postsocialist Cadres: Neotraditional Authority in Neoliberal Mozambique Harry G. West Chapter 2. 'For Eating, It's Guangzhou': Regional Culinary Traditions and Chinese Socialism Jakob A. Klein Chapter 3. Searching for the Time of Beautiful Madness: Of Ruins and Revolution in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua Dennis Rodgers Chapter 4. The Object of Morality: Rethinking Informal Networks in Central Europe Nicolette Makovicky Chapter 5. Vietnamese Narratives of Tradition, Exchange and Friendship in the Worlds of the Global Socialist Ecumene Susan Bayly Chapter 6. Waste under Socialism and After: A Case Study from Almaty Catherine Alexander Chapter 7. Corruption and the One-party State in Tanzania: The View from Dar es Salaam, 1964-2000 John R. Campbell Chapter 8. Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China Kevin Latham Chapter 9. The Rooted Anthropologies of East-Central Europe Chris Hann Chapter 10. Historical Analogies and the Commune: The Case of Putin/Stolypin Caroline Humphrey Chapter 11. Signifying Something: Che Guevara and Neoliberal Alienation in London Parvathi Raman Index
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