A Trialogue on Revolution and Transformation
The text deals with issues of revolution and transformations in the theoretical and empirical ways. The trialogue focuses on the significance and the consequences of social changes after 1989. Prompted by the 25th anniversary of the Soviet collapse in 1991, the text reflects on revolutions around the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, and the following situation and significant transformations in Central Europe and in the world, not least the return to capitalism and the consequences of privatisation. It also proposes also more general conceptual analyses of revolutions and transformations in social, economic and political spheres, and draws attention to revolutionary transformations that may be less striking but in the long run all the more important. Finally, several scenarios for further social development are noted, ranging from positive to dangerously agonistic perspectives.