Goodbye, Postsocialism!

Martin Müller

Europe-Asia Studies, 2019, vol. 71, issue 4, 533-550

Abstract: This article assesses the trajectory of postsocialism as a concept and mounts a fivefold critique of postsocialism as: referring to a vanishing object; emphasising rupture over continuity; falling into a territorial trap; issuing from orientalising knowledge construction; and constraining political futures. This critique serves to sketch the contours of an alternative project that still recognises difference but foregrounds links and continuities, develops a political edge, and theorises not just about but with and from this part of the world.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1578337

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