POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Proletariat, Intelligentsia, The Dilemma
3 Feb 2016
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These notes continue the discussion of the readings under topic i. Here we deal with the readings by bunce. Bunce"s reading is a chapter in an edited book on 19th century europe. We are not directly concerned with the main theme of topic i the dynamics of the long 19th century". Bunce instead is addressing the differences between east and west in europe and the distinctive features of political development in russia, features which distinguish the. Bunce argues that the most striking contrast in european historical evolution is between the east and west [p. 213 of reading]. This contrast is so powerful that she is willing to use the expression, the two europes . Bunce examines how this contrast emerged historically and how it has continued to be expressed politically. She discusses european development up to world war i, then discusses in turn: the interwar period, state socialism after 1945 and the collapse of state socialism.
