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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780601103321

Autore

Falk Barbara J

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest ; ; New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2003

ISBN

978-6-15521-116-4

978-615-5211-16-4

9786155211164

615-5211-16-7

1-281-26871-2

9786611268718

0-585-45846-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 479 pages)

Disciplina

943/.0009/045

Soggetti

Dissenters - Europe, Eastern - History

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989

Europe, Central Politics and government 20th century

Europe, Eastern Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-398) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Poland -- Czechoslovakia -- Post-1956 Hungary -- Intellectuals in Poland -- Opposition intellectuals in Czechoslovakia -- The democratic opposition in Hungary -- The dissident contribution to political theory.

Sommario/riassunto

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).