Post-Communist Nostalgia, Paperback - Maria Todorova
This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across Eastern Europe. They argue persuasively that this nostalgia should not be seen as a wish to restore the past, as it has otherwise been understood, but instead it should be recognized as part of a more complex healing process and an attempt to come to terms both with the communist era as well as the new inequalities of the post-communist era. Even some of those who opposed communism express a desire to invest their new lives with renewed meaning and dignity.