The Making of Dissidents

The Making of Dissidents
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9780822991458
ISBN-13 : 0822991454
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Book Synopsis The Making of Dissidents by : Victoria Harms

Download or read book The Making of Dissidents written by Victoria Harms and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Hungary’s transition from communism to democracy, local dissidents and like-minded intellectuals, activists, and academics from the West influenced each other and inspired the fight for human rights and civil liberties in Eastern Europe. Hungarian dissidents provided Westerners with a new purpose and legitimized their public interventions in a bipolar world order. The Making of Dissidents demonstrates how Hungary’s Western friends shaped public perceptions and institutionalized their advocacy long before the peaceful revolutions of 1989. But liberalism failed to take root in Hungary, and Victoria Harms explores how many former dissidents retreated and Westerners shifted their attention elsewhere during the 1990s, paving the way for nationalism and democratic backsliding.


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