In the essay Civilizational Competence: A Prerequisite of Post-communist Transition Piotr Sztompka explains post-communist transition through the concept of civilizational competence, while outlining the conditions which led to the emergence of the civilizational incompetence in the communist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe. (Aura Matei presents)

To read before the workshop: [Piotr Sztompka 1992] CIVILISATIONAL COMPETENCE: A PREREQUISITE OF POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION

Reading notes: Sztompka, Civilizational Competence. Reading notes