Gyorgy Peteri
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed
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Greed and Creed explores the history of everyday life under state socialism and the ways in which post-1945 modernity reached the shores of Soviet Bloc societies. It demonstrates the state's decisive role in bringing Western values and patterns of everyday to Eastern Europe, but in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the communist avant-garde gave up the ambition to create a new (socialist) civilization.
Format: Hardback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 17 November 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books
The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed delves into the historical backdrop of everyday existence within state socialism, shedding light on the arrival of post-1945 modernity in the Soviet Bloc societies. This insightful book explores the shortcomings of state socialism in delivering on its promise to establish a novel and alternative modern civilization, serving as a contrasting alternative to capitalism. By centering on the practices of the salaried functionaries within the party-state apparatus, György Péteri underscores the pivotal role played by the state in introducing Western values and patterns of everyday life to the cultures and societies of Eastern Europe. The comprehensive empirical research presented encompasses various domains, including consumption and consumerism, mobility (the emergence of mass automobility), and leisure (hunting and vacationing). Drawing from the Hungarian experience, the author identifies a significant shift in the communist avant-garde's aspirations, recognizing that they abandoned the goal of creating a new (socialist) civilization in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Consequently, state socialism ceased to rival capitalism in its quest to establish a competitive and alternative modernity in everyday life. Instead, Eastern Europe found itself situated among other regions of the periphery or semi-periphery of capitalist development, engaging in reactive behaviors, imitation, and general adherence to the patterns of the highly developed capitalist center of the global system, albeit with a certain delay.
Weight: 508g
Dimension: 159 x 237 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666923964
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