LEADER 03766nam 2200661 450 001 9910828033803321 005 20230803034134.0 010 $a0-8014-6941-4 010 $a0-8014-6942-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801469428 035 $a(CKB)3710000000020534 035 $a(OCoLC)859537582 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10773788 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001001320 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12421953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001320 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965940 035 $a(PQKB)11358478 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001505794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138524 035 $a(OCoLC)966771343 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51911 035 $a(DE-B1597)478641 035 $a(OCoLC)885221673 035 $a(OCoLC)979576437 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801469428 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138524 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10773788 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683606 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000020534 100 $a20130326d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRevolution with a human face $epolitics, culture, and community in Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992 /$fJames Krapfl 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 260 p.) 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2007. 311 $a1-322-52324-X 311 $a0-8014-5205-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aPolitical culture$zCzechoslovakia 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xPolitics and government$y1989-1992 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xHistory$yVelvet Revolution, 1989 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a943.704/3 700 $aKrapfl$b James$f1971-$01642560 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828033803321 996 $aRevolution with a human face$93987337 997 $aUNINA