Legacies of Totalitarian Language in the Discourse Culture of the Post-Totalitarian Era : The Case of Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

Legacies Of Totalitarian Language In The Discourse Culture Of The Post-Totalitarian Era -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Absent Past: The Language of Czech Sociology Before and After 1989 -- Chapter 2 The Linguistic Legacy of the Communist Propaganda in Post-Communist Thought Patterns: The Case of Poland -- Chapter 3 What Does Democracy Mean in Moldova?: Political Discourse Around Contested Words in the Disputed Elections of 2009 -- Chapter 4 The Language of Romanian Post-Communist Politics Twenty Years After: Linguistic Memories of a Communist Past -- Chapter 5 Newspeak in the Language of Politics in the Post-Totalitarian Era: The Case of Bulgaria -- Chapter 6 Intertwining Legacies: Language and Socio-Cultural Change in Post-Soviet Latvia -- Chapter 7 The Language of the Media in Post-Communist Romania: Changes and Continuities -- Chapter 8 Official Ideological Discourse in Pre-Transition and Post-Communist Russia: What Has Really Changed since the Communist Period? -- Chapter 9 Language, State, and Society in Post-Mao China: Continuity and Change -- Index -- About the Contributors.

The book represents the first scholarly work to provide a detailed and clear view of the extent to which, and of the way in which linguistic-mental habits of the communist totalitarian era manifest themselves in the new discursive environment of the post-totalitarian era in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China. The book achieves its objective through ten discrete discussions, each offering new perspectives and insights on the book's topic.

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