European paradigms: East and West, 1945-1994. (analysis of the cultural factors that have changed Western and Eastern Europe since the end of World War II) (After Communism: What?)

From: Daedalus | Date: June 22, 1994| Author: Hankiss, Elemer | Copyright information

THE LAST FEW DECADES HAVE TAUGHT us once again something that we have often forgotten and are likely to continue to forget: culture is not a luxury. In slightly melodramatic terms, culture is a question of life and death for human societies. To survive in this strange and dangerous universe people seem to require the protective shield of myth and religion, knowledge and belief, values and tradition--in other words, culture. If this protective shield is impaired, if it loses its rel...

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