Dr Edward Kanterian from the Department of Philosophy will be giving a public talk entitled ‘Communism and its Memory’ at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm on Tuesday 4 November.
As a geopolitical force Communism became obsolete 25 years ago. But it still lives on in two related respects, concerning its actual past and its possible future. First, it is a political, social and moral burden in post-Communist societies. Second, it continues to be seen, by some, as an ideal of social salvation, the true and most desirable alternative to capitalism. These two attitudes, the critical-commemorative and the utopian one, may seem unrelated. As Edward’s talk will demonstrate, they both arise from the deep and troubling nature of Communist ideology.
The event is free to attend; to book simply email rkis@rkis.se
The full abstract (in Swedish) is available from the Romanian Cultural institute Stockholm website here: www.icr.ro/kommunismen_och_dess_minne