Czech Out Charter 77
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Czech Out Charter 77
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Author : Jan Novak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06
Czech Out Charter 77 written by Jan Novak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06 with categories.
The Czech Out book series tells stories about everything and everyone Czech, from Bohemian landmarks to notable figures. In this specific edition, we are looking at Charter 77. Charter 77 was a petition drawn up by Czechoslovakian writers and intellectuals. It demanded that the Communist government of Czechoslovakia recognize some basic human rights. Each book in the Czech Out series is loaded with fun illustrations and facts which will take young and old readers alike along on real journeys and inspire them to learn more about one of the most extraordinary places on earth: The Czech Republic
Worlds Of Dissent
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Author : Jonathan Bolton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-13
Worlds Of Dissent written by Jonathan Bolton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-13 with History categories.
Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Central European resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces them with a picture of the struggle against state repression as the dissidents themselves understood, debated, and lived it. In the late 1970s, when Czech intellectuals, writers, and artists drafted Charter 77 and called on their government to respect human rights, they hesitated to name themselves "dissidents." Their personal and political experiences--diverse, uncertain, nameless--have been obscured by victory narratives that portray them as larger-than-life heroes who defeated Communism in Czechoslovakia. Jonathan Bolton draws on diaries, letters, personal essays, and other first-person texts to analyze Czech dissent less as a political philosophy than as an everyday experience. Bolton considers not only Václav Havel but also a range of men and women writers who have received less attention in the West--including Ludvík Vaculík, whose 1980 diary The Czech Dream Book is a compelling portrait of dissident life. Bolton recovers the stories that dissidents told about themselves, and brings their dilemmas and decisions to life for contemporary readers. Dissidents often debated, and even doubted, their own influence as they confronted incommensurable choices and the messiness of real life. Portraying dissent as a human, imperfect phenomenon, Bolton frees the dissidents from the suffocating confines of moral absolutes. Worlds of Dissent offers a rare opportunity tounderstand the texture of dissent in a closed society.
Czechoslovakia
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Author : Janusz Bugajski
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1987-07-13
Czechoslovakia written by Janusz Bugajski and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-07-13 with History categories.
This work by Janusz Bugajski should be considered mandatory reading for any student of Eastern Europe. The anatomy of the dissident movement of Czechoslovakia--its scope activities, affiliations at home and abroad--has been well documented and presented in a lucid manner. The author has also accumulated an impressive amount of facts, dates and documents. Failures and successes of Charter 77, as well as its future prospects, are described in a very balanced manner. It is an important study by a well-informed and self disciplined researcher and expert on Eastern Europe. It will be a great assistance to those interested in recent developments within the Soviet orbit. Jan Novak, Consultant on Eastern Europe
The Philosophy And Politics Of Czech Dissidence From Patocka To Havel
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Author : Aviezer Tucker
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 2000
The Philosophy And Politics Of Czech Dissidence From Patocka To Havel written by Aviezer Tucker and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A critical study of the philosophy and political practice of the Czech dissident movement Charter 77. Aviezer Tucker examines how the political philosophy of Jan Patocka (1907-1977), founder of Charter 77, influenced the thinking and political leadership of Vaclav Havel as dissident and president. Presents the first serious treatment of Havel as philosopher and Patocka as a political thinker. Through the Charter 77 dissident movement in Czechoslovakia, opponents of communism based their civil struggle for human rights on philosophic foundations, and members of the Charter 77 later led the Velvet Revolution. After Patocka's self-sacrifice in 1977, Vaclav Havel emerged a strong philosophical and political force, and he continued to apply Patocka's philosophy in order to understand the human condition under late communism and the meaning of dissidence. However, the political/philosophical orientation of the Charter 77 movement failed to provide President Havel with an adequate basis for comprehending and responding to the extraordinary political and economic problems of the postcommunist period. In his discussion of Havel's presidency and the eventual corruption of the Velvet Revolution, Tucker demonstrates that the weaknesses in Charter 77 member's understanding of modernity, which did not matter while they were dissidents, seriously harmed their ability to function in a modern democratic system. Within this context, Tucker also examines Havel's recent attempt to topple the democratic but corrupt government in 1997-1998. The Philosophy and Politics of Czech Dissidence from Patocka to Havel will be of interest to students of philosophy and politics, scholars and students of Slavic studies, and historians, as well as anyone fascinated by the nature of dissidence.
White Paper On Czechoslovakia
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Author : International Committee for the Support of Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
White Paper On Czechoslovakia written by International Committee for the Support of Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Civil rights categories.
Background Notes Czech Republic
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Background Notes Czech Republic written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Czech Republic categories.
The Little Czech And The Great Czech Nation
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Author : Ladislav Holy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-28
The Little Czech And The Great Czech Nation written by Ladislav Holy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-28 with History categories.
When Ladislav Holy precipitately left Czechoslovakia for the UK in 1968 he was already one of the leading anthropologists in Central Europe. In the following decades he made important field studies in Africa. Since 1986 he has been engaged in research in the Czech Republic, and he brings to this timely study of national identity the skills of a seasoned researcher, a cosmopolitan perspective, and the insights of an insider. Drawing on historical and literary sources as well as ethnography, he analyses Czech discourses on national identity. He argues that there were specifically 'Czech' aspects to the communist regime and to the 'velvet revolution', and paying particular attention to symbolic representations of what it means to be Czech, he explores how notions of Czech identity were involved in the debates surrounding the fall of communism, and the emergence of a new social system.
Velvet Revolutions
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Author : Miroslav Vanek
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-04
Velvet Revolutions written by Miroslav Vanek and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-04 with History categories.
The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, marking the beginning of the country's journey towards democracy. Though members of the elite have spoken about the transition to democracy, the experiences of ordinary people have largely gone untold. In Velvet Revolutions, Miroslav Vanek and Pavel Mücke examine the values of everyday citizens who lived under so-called real socialism, as well as how their values changed after the 1989 collapse. Based on 300 interviews, Vanek and Mücke give voice to everyone from farmers to managers, service workers to marketing personnel, manual laborers to members of the armed forces. Compelling and diverse, the oral histories touch upon the experience - and absence - of freedom, the value of family and friends, the experience of free time, and perceptions of foreign nations. Data from opinion polls conducted between 1970 and 2013 factor into the book's analysis, creating a well-rounded view of the ways in which popular thoughts, trends, and attitudes changed as Czech society transitioned from communism to democracy. From this rich foundation, Velvet Revolutions builds a multi-layered view of Czech history before 1989 and during the subsequent period of democratic transformation.
1948 And 1968 Dramatic Milestones In Czech And Slovak History
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Author : Laura Cashman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
1948 And 1968 Dramatic Milestones In Czech And Slovak History written by Laura Cashman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with History categories.
This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 – and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 ‘Velvet Revolution’. Given the ultimate failure of the communist system, these events and their legacy for Czech and Slovak society and politics merit continued study, particularly given the wealth of new data made available when state and Party archives were finally opened in the 1990s. The essays in this volume, by witnesses, historians and social scientists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the USA, UK and Australia offer a reappraisal of those turbulent events. They present new and original research, based on information from archives which were not opened until after 1990 and which is not yet available to audiences who do not speak Czech or Slovak. This volume will, therefore, be of interest to both specialists and general readers who are curious to learn more about these events. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.
From Dub Ek To Charter 77
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Author : Vladimir V. Kusin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
From Dub Ek To Charter 77 written by Vladimir V. Kusin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Czechoslovakia categories.
Monograph analysing politics in Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1978 - discusses the immediate effects of the military occupation of the USSR and other CMEA countries on political development, reviews measures taken (within the frameworks of the communist political party, trade unions, higher education institutions, etc.) to consolidate the new political power and political leadership, and examines government policy towards political opposition and the human rights issue. References and statistical tables.