{"id":31,"date":"2014-08-14T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T18:36:39","slug":"reality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/reality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The communist dream vanished in most of the world in 1989-1991. \u00a0Arguably, it was gone in the rest of the world by the late 1990s, though some countries (China, Vietnam, Cuba) still claimed to be ruled by communist parties. \u00a0In this final section of the seminar we will consider two topics. \u00a0First, we will ask why the communist dream vanished when it did. Second, what do we mean if we say it vanished.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. \u00a0Monday, November 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0How did Havel turn out to be so remarkably prescient about some of the factors that led to the erosion of the communist dream?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"section-links\" style=\"color: #736f5c\">\n<li>Vaclav Havel, \u201cThe Power of the Powerless,\u201d in\u00a0<em>Open Letters: \u00a0Selected Writings<\/em>. \u00a0Please read the remaining chapters of the essay.<\/li>\n<li>Ilinca Calugareanu,\u00a0 \u201cVHS vs. Communism\u201d:\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/18\/opinion\/vhs-vs-communism.html?nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=edit_th_20140218&amp;_r=0\">READ AND WATCH VIDEO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Wednesday, November 26 &#8211; Sunday, November 30, THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>25. \u00a0Monday, December 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Today, we\u00a0meet in the Hesburgh Library Rare Books Books Room to view a selection of dissident documents from the Soviet Union. Be sure to arrive on time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Consider this topic: \u00a0\u201cI would have definitely been a dissident under communist rule!\u201d \u00a0True?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. Wednesday, December 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0The fall \u00a0of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorbachev speaks! \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/gorbachev-speaks\/\">READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cMystery document\u201d: \u00a0READ (handout)<\/li>\n<li>Timur Kuran, &#8220;Now Out of Never,&#8221;\u00a0<em>World Politics<\/em> (1991): \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~pdodds\/files\/papers\/others\/1991\/kuran1991.pdf\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. Monday, December 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discussion: A big day for communists: \u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AkEBmmqK198\">WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Questioning the Inquisitor&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. \u00a0Wednesday, December 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0Was it just a dream? As our journey draws to a close, I would like you to think about what it means to say that communism is over. \u00a0Is it? Also, what can it mean to say that the era of grand ideologies is over? \u00a0Can it mean anything? \u00a0Or do these grand ideologies just continue on?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vaclav Havel, \u201cPower of the Powerless\u201d: \u00a0RE-READ the final three chapters.\u00a0 How is Havel talking about\u00a0<em>our<\/em>\u00a0world, not just their world?<\/li>\n<li>Francis Fukuyama, selection, \u201cThe End of History\u201d: \u00a0READ (handout)<\/li>\n<li>William Pfaff, \u201cProgress\u201d: \u00a0READ (handout)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ecclesiastes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Your final essay assignment is <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/final-essay\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u03c6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>NOTE<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0<i>Please neutralize your technology during class.\u00a0 This includes electronic devices of any kind, such as laptops, i-Pads, cell phones, Kindles, video cameras, Angry\u00a0\u00a0Birds, or other distracting personal digital devices.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/lenin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/lenin.jpg\" alt=\"lenin\" width=\"380\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/lenin.jpg 585w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/lenin-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communist dream vanished in most of the world in 1989-1991. \u00a0Arguably, it was gone in the rest of the world by the late 1990s, though some countries (China, Vietnam, Cuba) still claimed to be ruled by communist parties. \u00a0In this final section of the seminar we will consider two topics. \u00a0First, we will ask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}