Slavenka Drakulić: Dissidence and Rhetorical Voice in Postcommunist Eastern Europe
Slavenka Drakulić: Dissidence and Rhetorical Voice in Postcommunist Eastern Europe
Author(s): Noemi MarinSubject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Sociology of Politics, Rhetoric
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Slavenka Drakulić; Eastern and Central European countries; communist regime; democracy; oppressive politics; civil society;
Summary/Abstract: What the communist regimes in Eastern and Central European countries left for posterity are scars of oppression. In spite of communist appeals and propaganda, for decades people fought to reinforce democratic values, freedom, and human rights, within and beyond these countries' borders. Moreover, due to communism's oppressive politics, some of the most eloquent representatives of civil societies chose expatriation and dissidence as a political, cultural, and rhetorical way to articulate democratic beliefs from behind the Iron Curtain. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 15/2001
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 678-697
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
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