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 Author: Falk, Barbara J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Budapest ; New York Central European University Press [2022]
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Summary: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 addition to the huge list of written sources from samizdat works to recent essays, Falks sources include interviews with many personalities of those events as well as videos and films (including Oscar winners)
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)
Physical Description:1 online resource (516 pages)
ISBN:9786155211164
DOI:10.1515/9786155211164