Freedom Shock by Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk
This book's basic thesis is that East Germans experienced a 'freedom shock' in 1989/1990. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk tells the fascinating story of East Germany since the break-up of the Soviet bloc as an unfinished struggle for freedom, the outcome of which will determine the future of the entire German nation. Kowalczuk wants to encourage people, especially in the East, to take more personal responsibility. This means rejecting victimhood and accepting a realistic, non-nostalgic view of the so-called German Democratic Republic (GDR), East Germany. The West may have 'invented' the East. But the East also invented itself and continues to do so. The first successful revolution in Germany took place in the GDR. But what factors have led to the current questioning of liberal democracy? Why is the right-wing extremist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) particularly successful in East Germany? Why are so many East Germans friendly towards Putin's regime and hostile to Ukraine's struggle for independence? In this book, the GDR regime is unequivocally seen as a dictatorship and German reunification as a success story of liberation. Freedom Shock is a defense against current anti-liberal tendencies by one of the most prominent East German intellectuals today.-
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Memeing War
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The Holodomor in Global Perspective
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Der Wilde Westen Ost-Europas
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Why Do They Kill Our People?
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Ukrainians beyond Borders
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The Faraway Sky of Kyiv
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My Ukraine – Rethinking the Past, Building the Present
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Catching an Elusive Bird
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Ukrainian Public Nationalism in the General Government
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From Screens to Battlefields
Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk is a Berlin historian with Ukrainian family roots who has dedicated his life to the fight for freedom. He grew up under the SED dictatorship and has published groundbreaking works on the history of the GDR, communism, and German re-reunification including, in English, End Game: The Revolution in East Germany 1989–2024 (Berghahn Books 2022) as well as a monumental two-volume biography of Walter Ulbricht. The GDR is currently the subject of an intense German debate, and Kowalczuk is one of the most eminent voices in this controversial discussion.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783838220697 |
| ISBN 10 | 3838220692 |
| Title | Freedom Shock |
| Author | Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk |
| Series | Ukrainian Voices |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | ibidem |
| Year published | 2026-01-01 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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