03766nam 2200661 450 991078946770332120230803034134.00-8014-6941-40-8014-6942-210.7591/9780801469428(CKB)3710000000020534(OCoLC)859537582(CaPaEBR)ebrary10773788(SSID)ssj0001001320(PQKBManifestationID)12421953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001320(PQKBWorkID)10965940(PQKB)11358478(StDuBDS)EDZ0001505794(MiAaPQ)EBC3138524(OCoLC)966771343(MdBmJHUP)muse51911(DE-B1597)478641(OCoLC)885221673(OCoLC)979576437(DE-B1597)9780801469428(Au-PeEL)EBL3138524(CaPaEBR)ebr10773788(CaONFJC)MIL683606(EXLCZ)99371000000002053420130326d2013 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRevolution with a human face politics, culture, and community in Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992 /James KrapflIthaca :Cornell University Press,2013.1 online resource (xxi, 260 p.)Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2007.1-322-52324-X 0-8014-5205-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Political cultureCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaPolitics and government1989-1992CzechoslovakiaHistoryVelvet Revolution, 1989Political culture943.704/3Krapfl James1971-1556639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789467703321Revolution with a human face3819479UNINA