Reviews and Representations Comparative observations in post-socialist Germany and Mongolia Comparative observations in post-socialist Germany and Mongolia

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Ines Stolpe
Department of Oriental and Asian Studies Mongolian Studies

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The years 1989/1990 are considered a turning point in history. In Germany, where the fall of the Berlin Wall led to reunification, present-day debates around the 30th anniversary focus on matters of disparities in the present time rather than pre-post comparisons. Many issues remain controversial, yet most East German witnesses of the period agree on the positive impacts of freedom gained after 1990, while the ascription of a general inferiority of “the East”, together with a denial of life-time achievements and progressive aspects in the socialist era, belong to their negative experiences. In this short essay, I use a comparative perspective to address some aspects of lifeworld (Lebenswelt) experiences which have (outside social anthropology) largely been unregarded in prevailing portrayals of socialism.

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Stolpe, I. (2019). Reviews and Representations Comparative observations in post-socialist Germany and Mongolia: Comparative observations in post-socialist Germany and Mongolia. Acta Mongolica, 18(532), 95–102. Retrieved from https://journal.num.edu.mn/actamongolica/article/view/5644
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Ines Stolpe, Department of Oriental and Asian Studies Mongolian Studies

Bonn University, Germany

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