socMiji CURRENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE The Sources and Consequences of the Great Transformation Sabrina Petra Ramet Social Currents in Eastern Europe Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/socialcurrentsin01 rame Social Currents in Eastern Europe The Sources and Consequences of the Great Transformation Second Edition Sabrina Petra Ramet DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham and London 1995 © 1995 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States on acid-free paper Typeset in Trump Mediaevel by Tseng Information Systems. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. Seid umschlungen, Millionen. Diesei Kuss der ganzen Welt. . . —Friedrich Schiller To all who practice tolerance To all who advocate tolerance To all who fight for tolerance To all who suffer in the fight, For without tolerance, There is no such thing As civilized society.