The Concept of Transition in Transition : Comparing the Post-Communist Use of the Concept of Transition with that found in Soviet Ideology

• The postcommunist concept of transition, as it was in use during the 1990s and early 2000s, is analyzed from the viewpoint of its intellectual prehistory. The concept is partly contrasted with alternative notions, partly relocated to its antithesis of communist ideology, where “transition” actually was an established concept. Via Hegel and Lenin, the concept’s logic of asymmetry and negativity is theoretically demonstrated. One thesis is that radical versions of teleological postcommunist transitology have unconsciously reproduced an essentially communist conceptualization of change that may generate new ideological biases and misconceptions. The reconstruction of the dialectics between communist and postcommunist transitology indicates and responds to a need for historical reflexivity.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Idé- och lärdomshistoria (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- History of Ideas (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Globaliseringsstudier (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Globalisation Studies (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Transition

Transitology

Shock Therapy

Historical Materialism

Conceptual History

Hegel

Lenin

Åslund

Kritisk kulturteori

Critical and Cultural Theory

Historical Studies

Historiska studier

Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society

Politik, ekonomi och samhällets organisering

Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning

Baltic and East European studies

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