"The book explores the intellectual history of Bulgaria between the 1960s and the 1980s at the intersections of the country's social and political history. Based on case studies, the research delves into three areas: the control and pressure mechanisms used on science and the university; t...

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Main Author:	Znepolski, Ivaĭlo 1940- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:	Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe Routledge histories of Central and Eastern Europe 6
Subjects:	Communism and science / Bulgaria / History / 20th century Communism and education / Bulgaria / History / 20th century
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	"The book explores the intellectual history of Bulgaria between the 1960s and the 1980s at the intersections of the country's social and political history. Based on case studies, the research delves into three areas: the control and pressure mechanisms used on science and the university; the clash of ideas while performing the formal and hidden functions of academia in a communist regime setting; the processes whereby research and academia acquire a relative autonomy and alternative academic communities are being formed amidst the eroding ideological legitimacy of the regime. Centred on the concept of the 'incident', this setup allowed us to eschew the narratives around the role of the dissidents or 'freedom as a gift' and interpret society's transformation as the outcome of intersecting and overlaying sectoral events, which gathered strength down the years and lay the ground for the eruption labelled here as the 'Big Event of 1989'"--
Item Description:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2020)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 329 pages)
ISBN:	9781003019879 1003019870 9781000050806 1000050807 9781000050769 1000050769 9781000050783 1000050785