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False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism
Fatos Lubonja
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Description for False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism
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This unique and disturbing work concerns the events of 1997, a tragic year in the history of post-communist Albania. After the world's most isolated country emerged from Stalinist dictatorship and opened to capitalism, many people fell prey to fraudsters who invited them to invest in so-called 'pyramid schemes'. At the start of 1997, these pyramids crumbled one after another causing wide-spread demonstrations and protests. The conflict became increasingly violent, leading to the collapse of the state and of the country's institutions. Prisons were opened, crowds stormed arms depots, and the country was abandoned to anarchy and ... Read more
This unique and disturbing work concerns the events of 1997, a tragic year in the history of post-communist Albania. After the world's most isolated country emerged from Stalinist dictatorship and opened to capitalism, many people fell prey to fraudsters who invited them to invest in so-called 'pyramid schemes'. At the start of 1997, these pyramids crumbled one after another causing wide-spread demonstrations and protests. The conflict became increasingly violent, leading to the collapse of the state and of the country's institutions. Prisons were opened, crowds stormed arms depots, and the country was abandoned to anarchy and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Istros Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908236197
SKU
V9781908236197
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Ref
99-3
About Fatos Lubonja
Fatos Lubonja is a writer and editor of the quarterly journal Perpjekja [Endeavor], representative of the Forum for Democracy, and a leading figure in Albania's political life. At twenty-three, Lubonja was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for agitation and propaganda after police found his diaries, which contained criticisms of Hoxha. He was re- sentenced without trail and spent ... Read more
Reviews for False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism
Lubonja's telling of the events are gripping, and we learn that below any surface visible to outsiders, there was an intelligentsia, silenced by covert violence. If only their voice could have been heard and supported, how very different Albania would be today. Antonia Young, Cental & Eastern European Review ''The cinematic effect of Lubonja's ... Read more