Without Beatings and Gunfire
Notes from the Turning Point: December ‘88–January ‘89
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
What is left of Socialism? Us. The lessons and traces, the style, the moral, and logic of these 40 years cannot simply be tossed in the rubbish bin. An experiment is being carried out here. How can one prepare the way for democracy by intellectual means? How can we develop our human dignity? How can we learn the courage and calm of freedom? Time of acceleration, almost revolution. A revolution of normality. Instead of Moscow’s road to integration, we have chosen Brussels’s concept. Not a single Belgian tank was needed.
(Osteuropa 2-3/2009, pp. 19–26)