How Do Leading Scholars from Central-Eastern Europe Assess the State of Their Region Post-1989? Elżbieta Hałas, Nicolas Maslowski (eds.), “Politics of Symbolization across Central and Eastern Europe”

Author Biography

Dennis Smith – one-time Vice-President of the European Sociological Association, studied modern history at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His most recent book is Civilized Rebels: An Inside Story of the West’s Retreat from Global Power (2018). His many publications range across social theory, urban history, globalisation, the role of emotions, and the dynamics of social displacement. He is emeritus professor at Loughborough University.