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Thermidorian
Does Capitalism Have a Future?

the necessary phase of "auto-Thermidorean restoration" in revolutionary sequence

—p.119 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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sclerosis

The now sclerotic generation of obedient Soviet bureaucrats formed in the end of the Stalinist purges

—p.115 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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Neue Ostpolitik

the hopeful spirit of the 1970s German Neue Ostpolitik

—p.111 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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nomenklatura

Eventually the name nomenklatura would become a pejorative for stolid bureaucrats.

—p.108 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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szlachta

The glorious cavalry of Polish feudal szlachta was doomed in the new epoch

—p.104 What Communism Was (99) by Georgi Derluguian
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