Book Talk: "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution"
One hundred years after the Bolshevik Revolution, and four years after Ukrainian revolution on the Maidan, what does ‘revolution’ mean today? Using Professor Shore’s new book from Yale University Press as a jumping-off point, Dr. Marci Shore and discussant Dr. Vladimir Tismaneanu discussed when a protest crosses an imaginary boundary to become a revolution. Using the case of Ukraine, they asked whether solidarity is possible in a postmodern age and why liberalism proved to be so fragile a century ago—and why it has again proven so fragile now.
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One hundred years after the Bolshevik Revolution, and four years after Ukrainian revolution on the Maidan, what does ‘revolution’ mean today? Using Professor Shore’s new book from Yale University Press as a jumping-off point, Dr. Marci Shore and discussant Dr. Vladimir Tismaneanu discussed when a protest crosses an imaginary boundary to become a revolution. Using the case of Ukraine, they asked whether solidarity is possible in a postmodern age and why liberalism proved to be so fragile a century ago—and why it has again proven so fragile now.
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Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Russia and Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more
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