The Legacy of Soviet Dissent

Dissidents, Democratisation and Radical Nationalism in Russia
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-33320-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Reihe: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

During the 1970s, dissidents like Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn dominated Western perceptions of the USSR, but were then quickly forgotten, as Gorbachev's reformers monopolised the spotlight. This book restores the dissidents to their rightful place in Russian history. Using a vast array of samizdat and published sources, it shows how ideas formulated in the dissident milieu clashed with the original programme of perestroika, and shaped the course of democratisation in post-Soviet Russia. Some of these ideas - such the dissidents' preoccupation with glasnost and legality, and their critique of revolutionary violence - became part of the agenda of Russia's democratic movement. But this book also demonstrates that dissidents played a crucial role in the rise of the new Russian radical nationalism. Both the friends and foes of Russian democracy have a dissident lineage.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horvath, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Children of Terror 2. The Invention of Glasnost 3. The Rights-Defenders 4. The Fabrication of Russophobia 5. The Politics of Russophobia

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Horvath is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. He teaches courses on East European history and the history of human rights.