Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans’ view of socialism during the first decades of the German Demo

Socialism names a form of collective life that has never been fully realized; consequently, it is best understood as a goal to be imagined. So this study argues

Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans’ view of socialism during the first decades of the German Demo

Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans' view of socialism during the first decades of the German Democr

The papers in this volume are informed by a perception that can be summarized as follows. A capitalist economy is a self-driven or 'spontaneous' system. State i