The Mythical Vision of the Advent of the Great Controller. The birth of 1989 from Chaos and its Mystery of Reversibility Cover Image

Mytická vize o příchodu Velkého Hospodáře. Zrození roku 1989 z chaosu a jeho tajemství zvratnosti
The Mythical Vision of the Advent of the Great Controller. The birth of 1989 from Chaos and its Mystery of Reversibility

Author(s): Mirek Vodrážka
Subject(s): Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, History of Communism, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: dissent in Czechoslovakia; underground in Czechoslovakia;

Summary/Abstract: The autobiographical study examines the final year of communist totalitarian power. Theories of chaos and non-equilibrium history are used to demonstrate the political instability of both the governing regime and the dissent and underground. The author illustrates the gradual intertwining of the structures of power, the dissent, the grey zone and nascent civil society via the concept of chiasmus.

  • Issue Year: IX/2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 42-55
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech