The end of ‘transitology’, the end of ‘post’-communism, the end…

This conclusion presents some closing through on concepts discussed in this book. The end of &s;transitology&s;, as declared by many post-communist intellectuals, started in the early 2000s and is still going on. The end of &s;post&s;-communism marks the slow closing down of a window of critical reflection on communism. The book captures some of the interesting reflections that arose during this narrow window when the erasure of communism is not yet complete, when acts of resistance are still possible, when people still have something concrete/physical to hold on to, to remember, to confront. As former communist spaces are increasingly privatised and new architectures take their place, as film makers and artists are increasingly forced to focus on more global concerns in order to stay relevant, as spaces of resistance eventually give in to change and erasure, and bodies decay and eventually die along with the memories they carry, communism becomes history.