Revolution with a human face : politics, culture, and community in Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992 / / James Krapfl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464319503321
• Autore: Krapfl James <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-8014-6941-4; 0-8014-6942-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 260 p.)
• Disciplina: 943.704/3
• Soggetti: Political culture - Czechoslovakia; Electronic books.; Czechoslovakia Politics and government 1989-1992; Czechoslovakia History Velvet Revolution, 1989
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The rhetoric of revolution -- The big bang of the signifiers -- The ideals of November -- The boundaries of community -- Power in the streets -- The will of the people.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this social and cultural history of Czechoslovakia's "gentle revolution," James Krapfl shifts the focus away from elites to ordinary citizens who endeavored-from the outbreak of revolution in 1989 to the demise of the Czechoslovak federation in 1992-to establish a new, democratic political culture. Unique in its balanced coverage of developments in both Czech and Slovak lands, including the Hungarian minority of southern Slovakia, this book looks beyond Prague and Bratislava to collective action in small towns, provincial factories, and collective farms.Through his broad and deep analysis of workers' declarations, student bulletins, newspapers, film footage, and the proceedings of local administrative bodies, Krapfl contends that Czechoslovaks rejected Communism not because it was socialist, but because it was arbitrarily bureaucratic and inhumane. The restoration of a basic "humanness"-in politics and in daily relations among citizens-was the central goal of the revolution. In the strikes and ; demonstrations that began in the last weeks of 1989, Krapfl argues, citizens forged new symbols and a new symbolic system to reflect the humane, democratic, and nonviolent community they sought to create. Tracing the course of the revolution from early, idealistic euphoria through turns to radicalism and ultimately subversive reaction, Revolution with a Human Face finds in Czechoslovakia's experiences lessons of both inspiration and caution for people in other countries striving to democratize their governments.

The selected poetry of Yehuda Amichai / / edited and translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell ; with a new foreword by C.K. Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786046703321
• Autore: Amichai Yehuda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-520-95444-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Literature of the Middle East
• Disciplina: 892.4/16
• Soggetti: POETRY / Middle Eastern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2013 Edition -- Foreword 1996 -- PART ONE -- PART TWO -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Titles -- About
• Sommario/riassunto: Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichai's enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.