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Brier, R. (2013). Entangled Protest. Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. fibre. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-944870-18-2
Brier, Robert. Entangled Protest: Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. fibre, 2013. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-944870-18-2
Brier, R (2013): Entangled Protest: Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, fibre, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-944870-18-2

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Entangled Protest

Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

Brier, Robert

Einzelveröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts Warschau, Vol. 31

(2013)

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Abstract

In den späten 1960er Jahren entstand in Osteuropa eine neue Form politischen Protests. Zumeist als »Dissens« oder »Dissidenz« bezeichnet, charakterisierte sie besonders ein unideologischer Ansatz und eine legalistische Vorgehensweise. Dissidenz zielte nicht auf einen politischen Umsturz des Realsozialismus ab; durch eine Verteidigung von Bürger- und Menschenrechten sollte vielmehr eine unabhängige Öffentlichkeit geschaffen und ausgeweitet werden.

Die Beiträge zu diesem Band sind Teil eines umfassenderen Vorhabens, die historische Forschung zu Dissens und Opposition in Osteuropa zu erneueren und weiterzuentwickeln. Indem sie eine transnationale Perspektive einnehmen, rekonstruieren sie die Netzwerke, Diskurse und wechselseitigen Perzeptionen, die die osteuropäischen Protestbewegungen miteinander sowie mit Unterstützergruppen im Westen verbanden. Dadurch zeigt der Band einerseits, dass diese Protestbewegungen auch aus wechselseitigen Wahrnehmungen und Interaktionen hervorgingen; andererseits wird deutlich, dass diese Bewegungen in umfassendere Prozesse der internationalen Geschichte der 1970er und 1980er Jahre eingebunden waren wie den Niedergang des Marxismus, die zunehmende Bedeutung der Menschenrechte oder auch das Aufkommen neuer transnationaler Politikformen, die sich auf Fragen des Friedens oder der Ökologie konzentrierten.
Starting in the late 1960s, a new form of political protest emerged in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe. Usually referred to as »dissent« or »dissidence«, it was characterised by a legalist and non-ideological approach. Focused on the defense of civic and human rights, the dissidents did not seek to overthrow the communist governments, but to broaden the sphere of a free public discourse.

The contributions to this book are part of a broader effort to invigorate and modernize the history of dissent. Sharing a transnational perspective on dissent, they uncover the networks, discourses and perceptions that connected the dissidents with each other and with groups of supporters in the west. Thus, they demonstrate how movements of dissent were shaped by mutual perceptions and interactions and how they partook in broader changes that transformed international politics during the 1970s and 1980s: the eclipse of Marxism, the rise of human rights or the emergence of transnational forms of activism focused on peace or the preservation of the environment.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Table Of Contents 5
Preface and Acknowledgements 7
I. Theoretical Approaches, General Themes, Methodological Challenges 9
Robert Brier: Entangled Protest. Dissent and the Transnational History of the 1970s and 1980s 11
Defining ‘Dissent’ 13
Transnational Perspectives on Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Bloc: Mutual Perceptions, Interactions and Cooperation 18
Dissent and the Transnational History of the 1970s and 1980s 27
Conclusions 42
Padraic Kenney: Electromagnetic Forces and Radio Waves or Does Transnational History Actually Happen? 43
II. Mutual Contacts, East-West Intermediaries, Transnational Discourses 53
Tomáš Vilímek: Oppositionists in the ČSSR and the GDR. Mutual Awareness, Exchanges of Ideas and Cooperation, 1968-1989 55
The ‘Prague Spring’ and the Rise of Regime-Critical Groups in the GDR 56
East German Perceptions of Charter 77 60
Czechoslovak Perceptions of the Regime-Critical Forces in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union: Poland as the Most Important Partner 71
Forces Critical of the Regime in the DDR from the Perspective of the Czechoslovak Opposition 75
Conclusions 85
Julia Metger: Writing the Papers. How Western Correspondents Reported the First Dissident Trials in Moscow, 1965-1972 87
Introduction 87
Briefly: The Cold War, Soviet Dissent and the Media 89
Moscow, February 1966 92
Moscow, October 1968 98
Moscow, January 1972 102
Conclusion 107
Nenad Stefanov: ‘Message in a Bottle’. Yugoslav Praxis Philosophy, Critical Theory of Society and the Transfer of Ideas between East and West 109
Transfers of Notions: Praxis – Conception and History 111
Intellectual Milieus and Yugoslav Entanglements 114
Institutions of Transfer and Exchanges: The Journal and Summer School 116
Transfers and Demarcations – a Biographical Approach: Gajo Petrović 120
The Praxis School’s Reception of Critical Theory 121
Instead of a Conclusion:Further Perspectives on Researching Praxis 124
III. Dissent, Détente and Human Rights 127
Wanda Jarząbek: An Escalating Problem. The People’s Republic of Poland and Human Rights in the CSCE Process, 1975-1983 129
The Domestic Situation, the CSCE and Human Rights in International Relations 130
Polish Government and Opposition Views on the CSCE Review Conference in Madrid 141
Conclusion 149
Bent Boel: Western European Social Democrats and Dissidence in the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War 151
Eastern European Exiles within the Socialist International 154
Contacts with the Czechoslovak Opposition: From Listy to Havel 157
Poland: Tempered Cordiality 163
The German Democratic Republic: The Preserve of the SPD? 165
Paradoxes 166
IV. The Transnational Politics of Solidarity and Peace 171
Kim Christiaens / Idesbald Goddeeris: The East versus the South. Belgian Solidarity Movements with Poland and Nicaragua during the Early 1980s 173
1. Solidarność in Belgian Society 176
2. Defending the Revolution: Solidarity with Nicaragua 183
Making up the Balance 192
Kacper Szulecki: ‘Freedom and Peace Are Indivisible’. On the Czechoslovak and Polish Dissident Input to the European Peace Movement, 1985-1989 199
Astride the Barricade: Why Do We Need a Transnational Approach? 201
Towards a Dialogue: Disarmament on the Agenda 203
Initial Standpoints 204
1980-84: From Reticence to Dialogue 206
1985: The Emergence of ‘Freedom and Peace’ and the Prague Appeal 217
1986-1989: Giving Real Life to the Helsinki Accords 221
Conclusion: Did the dissidents change the peace movement? 226
Holger Nehring: The Politics of Security Across the ‘Iron Curtain’. Peace Movements in East and West Germany in the 1980s 229
Parallel Histories of Peace Activism 232
Arguing for Peace 236
Connections 242
Importance and Legacies 243
List of Abbreviations 249
List of Contributors 255
Index of Persons 257

Chapters

Book Chapter

Table Of Contents

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 5–6

I. Theoretical Approaches, General Themes, Methodological Challenges

Entangled Protest

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 11–42

I. Theoretical Approaches, General Themes, Methodological Challenges

Electromagnetic Forces and Radio Waves or Does Transnational History Actually Happen?

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 43–52

II. Mutual Contacts, East-West Intermediaries, Transnational Discourses

Oppositionists in the ČSSR and the GDR

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 55–85

II. Mutual Contacts, East-West Intermediaries, Transnational Discourses

Writing the Papers

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 87–108

II. Mutual Contacts, East-West Intermediaries, Transnational Discourses

‘Message in a Bottle’

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 109–126

III. Dissent, Détente and Human Rights

An Escalating Problem

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 129–149

IV. The Transnational Politics of Solidarity and Peace

The East versus the South

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 173–197

IV. The Transnational Politics of Solidarity and Peace

‘Freedom and Peace Are Indivisible’

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 199–227

IV. The Transnational Politics of Solidarity and Peace

The Politics of Security Across the ‘Iron Curtain’

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 229–247

Book Chapter

List of Abbreviations

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 249–253

Book Chapter

List of Contributors

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 255–255

Book Chapter

Index of Persons

In: Entangled Protest (2013), pp. 257–262