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Baudrillard Goes to Kyiv: Institutional Simulacra in Transition

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  • Christopher Andrew HARTWELL

    (Kozminski University, POLAND.)

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The transition process in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from 1989 onward has been focused on the reform of institutions in order to re-orient the economy. However, throughout the former Soviet space, “transition” has been merely a label for many countries, covering the reality of a fundamental lack of change in either political or economic institutions. Using the idea of simulacra and simulation, first posited by philosopher Jean Baudrillard in 1981, I show how institutional change in transition for some prominent “transition economies” has proceeded through stages in simulation. In particular, using examples from Central Asia and Ukraine, I examine how crucial institutions have changed from a perversion of reality into symbols that are divorced from any reality. Current events in Ukraine show that institutional simulacra can exposed when an exogenous reality forces its way through.

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  • Christopher Andrew HARTWELL, 2015. "Baudrillard Goes to Kyiv: Institutional Simulacra in Transition," Journal of Economic and Social Thought, EconSciences Journals, vol. 2(2), pages 92-105, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvv:journ3:v:2:y:2015:i:2:p:92-105
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    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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