The Periphery as Centre
Perspectives for a Cultural History of the Political
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
East European History has hardly contributed to the formation of theory and definition in general history. Too often, it has limited itself to applying concepts and methods that were derived from West European cases. A comparative analysis of fascism in Eastern Europe, the public, and the legitimisation of rule in socialist societies shows that East European History can make original contributions to a cultural history of the political.
(Osteuropa 3/2008, pp. 145–191)