TY - BOOK A1 - Mestrovic, S. G. A1 - Letica, S. T1 - Eastern European Habits of the Heart, and the Possibility of Democracy, 1991 (American Sociological Association). N2 - The controversial notion of >social character<, as applied to US society by Alexis de Tocqueville, David Riesman, Robert N. Bellah, and Daniel Bell, is reexamined and applied to Eastern Europe. What, it is asked, are the Eastern European >habits of the heart<, and are they conducive to democracy? Using as a starting point for conceptual analysis Dinko Tomasic's Personality and Culture in Eastern European Politics (1948), particular attention is paid to the themes of guilt, ambivalence, and mother-centeredness (from Erich FROMM) to explain some peculiarities in Eastern European social character. A connection is drawn between political and family institutions in Eastern Europe as being generally undemocratic. Y1 - 1991 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Letica, S. A1 - Mestrovic, S. G. T1 - Eastern European Habits of the Heart, and the Possibility of Democracy, 1991 (American Sociological Association). N2 - The controversial notion of >social character<, as applied to US society by Alexis de Tocqueville, David Riesman, Robert N. Bellah, and Daniel Bell, is reexamined and applied to Eastern Europe. What, it is asked, are the Eastern European >habits of the heart<, and are they conducive to democracy? Using as a starting point for conceptual analysis Dinko Tomasic's Personality and Culture in Eastern European Politics (1948), particular attention is paid to the themes of guilt, ambivalence, and mother-centeredness (from Erich FROMM) to explain some peculiarities in Eastern European social character. A connection is drawn between political and family institutions in Eastern Europe as being generally undemocratic. Y1 - 1991 ER -