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Eastern European Habits of the Heart, and the Possibility of Democracy, 1991 (American Sociological Association).

  • 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.

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Author:S. Letica, S. G. Mestrovic
Document Type:Books
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1991
Release Date:2012/12/13
Format:no copy existent / keine Kopie vorhanden
IdNo:Letica_S_and_Mestrovic_S_G_1991
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Books / Bücher
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Books / Bücher
Licence (German):
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