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Democracy and Myth in Russia and Eastern Europe (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies) (ISBN:041542822X) Summary: 1. Introduction: Democracy and Myth in Russia and eastern Europe (Introduction) Harald Wydra 2. Mythology and the Trickster: Interpreting Communism Agnes Horvath 3. The Non-Being of Communism and Myths of Democratisation Arpad Szakolczai 4. The Power of Second Reality: Communist Myths and Representations of Democracy Harald Wydra 5. 'Mazepa' as a Symbolic Figure of Ukrainian Autonomy Thomas Grob 6. Misoteutonic Myths: Lopping Noses in Hussite Nationalism and Love's Sweet Cure Robert Pynsent 7. The Myth of the Dialogue of Myths: Russia and Europe Walter Koschmal 8. Myths and Democratic Attitudes in Poland and Russia: an Intermedial Comparison Alexander Wll 9. Contested Traditions? The Democratic Uses of Three National Holidays in Contemporary Hungary Heino Nyyssnen 10. The Paradox of Infra-Liberalism: Towards a Genealogy of 'Managed Democracy' in Putin's Russia Sergei Prozorov 11. Myth and Democratic Identity in Putin's Russia. Richard Sakwa.