The Political Analysis of Postcommunism: Understanding Postcommunist Ukraine (Eugenia & Hugh M. Stewart '26 Series on Eastern Europe) [Paperback]

Volodymyr Polokhalo (Author)

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About the Author

Volodymyr Polokhalo is editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian scholarly political science journal Political Thought and a candidate of history and docent in the Department of History, Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine.

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• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press; 1st Texas A&M University Press ed edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890967830
• ISBN-13: 978-0890967836
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,209,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars It is an introduction to a new branch of scholarly inquiry., October 25, 1998

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This review is from: The Political Analysis of Postcommunism: Understanding Postcommunist Ukraine (Eugenia & Hugh M. Stewart '26 Series on Eastern Europe) (Paperback)

One of the most substantial political sciense, geopilitical,and philosophical research in contemporary Ukraine. The book is a joint effort of Ukraine's independent intellectuals (Yevhen BYSTRYTSKY, Serhiy MAKEYEV, Oleksandr DERGACHOV) and leading scholars from the US (Zbigniew BRZEZINSKI, Sherman W. GARNETT, James E. MACE), Great Britain (Markian BILYNSKY), France (Georges MINK, Jean-Charles SZUREK), Canada (Anna MAKOLKIN), Germany (Aleksandr ZINOVIEV), and other countries.

The volume offered, as one of the first attempts at interdisciplinary research in this area, is but an attempt at achieving an intellectual breakthrough in the social sciences. It is an endeavor to find the theoretical linchpin, without which it would be impossible to discern the trends of political thought and critically examine the political realities and contradictions in postcommunism.

The most outstanding part is "The political philosophy of the postcommunist era" mainly by Yevhen BYSTRYTSKY. The author attempts to offer a new methodology for political philosophy of the postcommunist period.

As such it is an introduction to a new branch of scholarly inquiry, an attempt to analyze and understand the new world in which we live.