The end of the liberal world as we know it?

Eurozine

Cultural Journal/Kulturní časopis

Two Walls in 1989   While the rest of the world concentrated on the fall of the Berlin Wall, another wall in China brought about a different type of change. The economic power the most populous country has accumulated is now challenging the western claim that only liberal democracy would provide ideal circumstances for capitalism. Walls are perhaps the most iconic and enduring images from 1989. The political imaginary of Americans and Europeans alike centres on one iconic photo: that of exuberant East and West Germans breaking down the Berlin Wall on the night of November 9th that year. The wall was the physical embodiment of Cold War division and authoritarian rule; its destruction reflected liberal aspirations for a world

Obsah pro předplatitele

Chcete-li číst dál, podpořte nás předplatným pouhých 85 Kč/mě anebo 799 Kč/rok.

Pomůžete nám připravovat další autorské texty a získáte přístup k celému článku i archivu Přítomnosti.

published: 11. 7. 2019

Datum publikace:
11. 7. 2019
Autor článku:
Eurozine