Walls and Mirrors

Western Representations of Really Existing German Socialism in the German Democratic Republic

• Author(s): Duncan Smith,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 214
• ISBN_10: 081916710X
  ISBN_13: 9780819167101
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Germany , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / International Relations / General ,

Description:... In this study the author examines the socialist society of the German Democratic Republic. Throughout the book, questions are raised about the nature of representation, the role of subjectivity in ideological formations, and especially the role of such subjectivity when westerners attempt to 'tell the objective truth' about socialist societies.