
The Post-Soviet Human
Philosophical Reflections on Social History after the End of Communism
Mykhailo Minakov(Author)
ibidem (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-3-8382-1943-1 (ISBN)
Description
The post-Soviet period (1989-2022) was, in its own way, an unprecedented era in human history. Its uniqueness lied not only in the fact that the USSR's dissolution had opened opportunities for the people and nations of Eastern Europe and northern Eurasia to experience freedom and test their creative powers, but also in the fact that these opportunities did not extract a price comparable to the cost in human lives and suffering during the Russian Revolution and Civil War of 1917-24. The post-Soviet Human attempted to establish free politics and economy, as well as to gain collective emancipation and personal freedom during this era. Even though these attempts failed in most cases, the post-Soviet Human's political creativity-with its democratic and autocratic achievements-was an intriguing phenomenon worth deeper study and understanding. Without learning the lessons of post-Soviet history, the East European and north Eurasian peoples are doomed to perpetually repeat its vicious cycles of tragedy and destruction.
Reviews / Votes
The first thorough and provocative account of a new stage of human evolution: the Homo Post-Soveticus-either a bitter irony or a warning. In any case, this is a must-read for those who still want to understand why the post-Soviet space, after the caesura of 1989-91, was not where optimists expected it to be, and why utopia became dystopia.
-Georgiy Kasianov, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hannover
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8382-1943-1 (9783838219431)
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The Post-Soviet Human
Philosophical Reflections on Social History after the End of Communism
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Author
Dr. Mikhail (Mykhailo) Minakov has been a Senior Advisor at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, since 2017. He is a prominent Ukrainian philosopher and empirical investigator who taught and researched, for over twenty years, at various universities in Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States. Working between Kyiv, Washington and Milan, Minakov specializes in political and social theory, international development, as well as the history of modernity. He is editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed Ideology and Politics Journal published by the Good Politics Foundation in Kyiv. He also edits the Kennan Focus Ukraine blog, and philosophical web portal Koinè. Minakov is the author or co-author of twelve books as well as numerous articles in philosophy, politics, and history.
Series Editor
Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
ISNI: 0000 0001 1662 6604
ISNI: 0000 0001 1662 6604