IntroductionAcknowledgementsPart I The Past: Dominance of Communism1. Parting with Communism in 1989: A Pact2. A Ubiquitous Past: The Birth of Post-Communism3. Attempts at a Radical Break with Post-Communism4. From Dominance to Abandonment of Post-CommunismPart II The Present: From Time Together to “Here and Now”1. The Present: A Time of Hope and Expectation2. Disintegration of the Present into Different Times and Definitions3. Temporary Time: A Response to Post-Communism4. Freeing the Present from the Communist PastPart III The Future: Time to Remedy the Present1. The Short-Term Perspective2. Not Just Looking Back: A Future Without a Past3. Grilling Time: An Extension of the Present4. The Aim of the Future: To Finish Unfinished Business and GrillSummaryBibliographyIndexSeries index