Goodbye,Postsocialism!

Abstract

This article assesses the trajectory of postsocialism as a concept and mounts a fivefold critique of postsocialism as: referring to a vanishing object; emphasising rupture over continuity; falling into a territorial trap; issuing from orientalising knowledge construction; and constraining political futures. This critique serves to sketch the contours of an alternative project that still recognises difference but foregrounds links and continuities, develops a political edge, and theorises not just about but with and from this part of the world.     

车臣:普京心头之痛

自普京总统执政,开展第二次车臣战争以来,车臣问题一直困扰着俄罗斯当局.车臣残匪不断制造恐怖袭击事件.5月9日,发生在车臣首府格罗兹尼体育场庆祝活动现场的爆炸,使车臣总统卡德罗夫、国务委员会主席伊萨耶夫等6人当场被炸身亡,俄驻北高加索联合部队司令等50多人受伤.这起惨案在俄国内外引起强烈震动,普京总统称将对恐怖主义分子实施"打击和报复".