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Tomas Kavaliauskas
is a Lithuanian social critic, essayist, and novelist. He analyzes the geopolitics of the Baltic region and European identity issues and lectures at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Diplomacy. e-mail: Tomas_Kavaliauskas@yahoo.com
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Salvation fantasies
No one in eastern central Europe suspected that once the fight for independence was won, democracy would become a parody of itself, writes Tomas Kavaliauskas. Open disrespect for the public jars with the ideals of the Baltic Way that existed before and after 1989. [more]
The non-efficient citizen
Identity and consumerist morality
Consumerism grounded in indebtedness means financial dependence as opposed to democratic freedom. In the consumerist system, the individual who asserts him or herself through authentic freedom is regarded as a non-efficient citizen. [Bulgarian and Slovenian versions added] [more]
The demiurge of the European Union
The demiurge of Europe is in thrall to the erratic forces of realpolitik. A platonic look at the future of the EU. [more]
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