„Преди“ и „след“ през погледа на източноевропейския интелектуалец-политик (Вацлав Хавел, Желю Желев, Блага Димитрова и Адам Михник)
1989: “Before” and “After” through the Eyes of the Eastern European Intellectual-Politican (Václav Havel, Zhelyu Zhelev, Blaga Dimitrova and Adam Michnik)

Author(s): Slaveya Dimitrova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Civil Society, Governance, Politics and society
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: 1989; intellectual; ethics; politics; post-communist societies
Summary/Abstract: The analysis in the present study starts from the observation that after the great change in 1989, a number of prominent dissident intellectuals became actively involved in political life. The text focuses on the first decade after the democratic changes in Poland, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. Subject of the analysis are essays, interviews and public speeches by several iconic figures of “engaged intellectuals” – Václav Havel, Zhelyu Zhelev, Blaga Dimitrova and Adam Michnik. The paper examines their assessments of the recent past, of communism and totalitarianism. It traces the dynamics of their views on the role of the intellectual in politics, on intellectual and political ethics, on freedom and the challenges of the present times, on the dangers and risks for democracy.

• Details
• Contents