Remains of Socialism : : Memory and the Futures of the Past in Postsocialist Hungary / / Maya Nadkarni.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Nadkarni, Maya,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 13 b&w halftones

In Remains of Socialism, Maya Nadkarni investigates the changing fates of the socialist past in postsocialist Hungary. She introduces the concept of "remains"—both physical objects and cultural remainders—to analyze all that Hungarians sought to leave behind after the end of state socialism.Spanning more than two decades of postsocialist transformation, Remains of Socialism follows Hungary from the optimism of the early years of transition to its recent right-wing turn toward illiberal democracy. Nadkarni analyzes remains that range from exiled statues of Lenin to the socialist-era "Bambi" soda, and from discredited official histories to the scandalous secrets of the communist regime's informers. She deftly demonstrates that these remains were far more than simply the leftovers of an unwanted past. Ultimately, the struggles to define remains of socialism and settle their fates would represent attempts to determine the future—and to mourn futures that never materialized.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Names and Abbreviations of Hungary’s Main Political Parties (1990–2010) -- Introduction -- 1. Banishing Remains: The Statue Park Museum -- 2. The Hole in the Flag -- 3. Nostalgia and the Remains of Everyday Life -- 4. Recovering National Victimhood at the House of Terror -- 5. Secrets, Inheritance, and a Generation’s Remains -- 6. A Past Returned, A Future Deferred -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index