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Philosophy and dissidence in Cold War Europe / Aspen E. Brinton.
Author
Brinton, Aspen, 1977-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Description
xv, 267 pages ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
DJK50 .B738 2016
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Subject(s)
Dissenters
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Europe, Eastern
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History
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20th century
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Government, Resistance to
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Europe, Eastern
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History
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20th century
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Opposition (Political science)
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Europe, Eastern
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History
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20th century
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Civil society
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Europe, Eastern
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Europe, Eastern
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Politics and government
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1945-1989
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Europe, Eastern
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Intellectual life
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20th century
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Summary note
Eastern European dissidents gained global fame by serving as key protagonists in the collapse of communism in 1989. As writers, philosophers, and artists, they are remembered for their political actions as much as for their ideas. This book takes this variegated and collected oeuvre and reads the dissidents' texts as expressions of their existential search for inter-subjective understanding and mutual recognition, showing how their ideas contribute to current conversations in political philosophy about thinking and action. The concepts explored in these dissidents' writings include ideas of 'living in truth,' 'speaking one's mind,' creating civil society, and challenging unjust power with 'anti-political politics' and a 'parallel polis.' These exercises allowed dissidents to survive totalitarianism, recreate their intellectual universe, and re-humanize themselves amidst dehumanizing situations. Brinton examines the ways through which Cold War dissidents turned to the past for inspiration in order to change and transcend their present entrapment, contributing to a more general narrative about how to change one's way of acting by changing one's way of thinking. Our conversations about the relationship between philosophy, politics, and dissidence, asserts Brinton, can be deepened by examining this legacy.
This book presents an interdisciplinary reading of Central European dissidence during the Cold War. It argues for a view of dissent as an existential search for mutual understanding and recognition, showing how dissidents' ideas contribute to current conversations in political theory and philosophy about thinking and action.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-263) and index.
ISBN
9781137576026
1137576022
LCCN
2015031243
OCLC
945028510
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