This anthology explores the central question of how dictatorships are overcome through the lens of literature, bringing together works from acclaimed writers in a collaborative, transnational project.
This work is the result of the Forum 2000 conferences initiated by Václav Havel and Elie Wiesel. The book is based mainly on the first five conferences which were held in Prague from 1997.
Reconstructs the fate of Italian prisoners of war captured by the Red Army between August 1941 and winter 1942-43, examining how of 230,000 Italians on the Eastern... Læs mere
Examines the historical intersections between psy-sciences (psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, pedagogy,... Læs mere
The economic crisis of 2008–2009 marked the end of the Post-Washington Consensus on restricting state economic roles, leading to... Læs mere
The essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
This work attempts to introduce the characteristics of the Mohammedan Mission, with the aspiration to be faithful to its essential purposes and to historical truth at the same time.
Leading social scientists, empirical analysts, and policy practitioners demonstrate how the insights of János... Læs mere
Presents the history of the stateless Carpatho-Rusyns and their historic homeland of Carpathian Rus' in central Europe,... Læs mere
This volume offers an analysis of the intertwined relationship between public health and the biopolitical dimensions of state- and nation building in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
Introducing the concept of the post-communist mafia state, Balint Magyar has established a new interpretative framework and vocabulary to describe the Orban regime, which has become equally central to the main lines of argument in both scientific debate and public discourse.
This book is a deeply moving story of love and the pain of emancipation, set in the now vanished world of rural East European Jewish village life.