The Dilemmas of Dissidence: The Politics of Opposition in East-Central Europe
The Dilemmas of Dissidence: The Politics of Opposition in East-Central Europe
Author(s): Tony R. JudtSubject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Social history, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: East Central Europe; politics of opposition; social intelligentsia; role of intelligentsia in a development; intellectual emigrants; socialist state;
Summary/Abstract: Although ostensibly confined to the issue of opposition and dissent in contemporary East-Central Europe, this article is also intended as a contribution to our understanding of the transformation of this region in the last two decades. In this period so much has happened that many of the old categories of description and analysis are sterile, perhaps redundant. New issues have arisen about which little is written in the West, and of particular importance is the way in which the very terms of social debate in Eastern Europe have undergone radical transformation. By restricting myself to a consideration of the developments within the opposition, I hope nonetheless to cast some light on wider matters. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 02/1988
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 185-240
- Page Count: 56
- Language: English
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