The dilemmas of dissidence in East-Central Europe : citizen intellectuals and philosopher kings /

Discusses one of the major currents leading to the fall of communism. Falk examines the intellectual dissident movements in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary from the late 1960s through to 1989. In spite of its historic significance, no other comprehensive survey has appeared on the subject. In add...

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Main Authors: Falk, Barbara J, Falk, Barbara J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2003
Budapest ; New York : [2022]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Poland
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Post-1956 Hungary
  • Intellectuals in Poland
  • Opposition intellectuals in Czechoslovakia
  • The democratic opposition in Hungary
  • The dissident contribution to political theory
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
  • SECTION 1
  • Chapter 2. POLAND:THE HARBINGER OF CRISIS AND COLLAPSE
  • Chapter 3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: FROM INTERRUPTED TO VELVET REVOLUTION
  • Chapter 4. POST-1956 HUNGARY: REPRESSION, REFORM, AND ROUNDTABLE REVOLUTION
  • SECTION 2
  • Chapter 5. INTELLECTUALS IN POLAND: THE TRADITION CONTINUES
  • Chapter 6. OPPOSITION INTELLECTUALS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • Chapter 7. THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN HUNGARY
  • SECTION 3
  • Chapter 8. THE DISSIDENT CONTRIBUTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX