The Dilemmas of Dissidence in East-Central Europe
Citizen Intellectuals and Philosopher Kings
9789639241381
516 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
Discusses one of the major currents leading to the fall of communism. Falk examines the intellectual dissident movements in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary from the late 1960s through to 1989. In spite of its historic significance, no other comprehensive survey has appeared on the subject. In addition to the huge list of written sources from samizdat works to recent essays, Falks sources include interviews with many personalities of those events as well as videos and films (including Oscar winners).Author Bio
Barbara J. Falk is Fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Toronto and Professor of Politics
at Humber College, Toronto.
