The dramatic events of 1989 and their aftermath raise fundamental questionsabout the nature of social and intellectual change about the relation ofphilosophy to... » 

The dramatic events of 1989 and their aftermath raise fundamental questionsabout the nature of social and intellectual change about the relation ofphilosophy to politics and above all about human values within the globalstructures of today. This book offers a sober critical analysis of the postMarxist realities of the old Eastern Bloc and provides an overview ofsignificant aspects of both the _bygone era_ and the present situation in theregion. It analyzes the phenomenon of ideological conversation reexamines therelationship of philosophy to politics and revisits questions about freedomdemocracy justice civil society religion nationalism and humanrelationships in light of the changes there together with the entire questionof _globalization._ «