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Lecturer(s)
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Pažout Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The subject is devoted to opposing movement and various independent activities from the defeat of the reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1969 to the downfall of communism in 1989. The beginning is devoted to the typology of forms of the resistance against communist regime to the so called Third Resistance in the 50s. The following lectures deal with the development of opposing resistance with the special focus on the formation and work of Charta 77 and other independent initiatives. International political aspects such as the influence of Helsinki process, international contacts of Czech dissent and international solidarity with persecuted Czechoslovak inhabitants, opposition in other countries of the Soviet Block are also included. Attention is paid to different forms of the persecution of the opponents of the regime. One lecture is also devoted to the opposition in the Liberec region. 01) Typology of forms of resistance against communist regime, the so called third resistance in the 1950s 02) Defeat of the reform movement in 1969, persecution of its actors and the first phase of the so called normalization regime (1969-1972) 03) Helsinki conference and its impact on civic movements in the countrie of the Soviet block 04) Alternative culture in Czechoslovakia, underground 05) Origin of the Charta 77 and its opinion streams, first period of persecution of its signataries 06) Committee of the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted 07) Contacts of the Czechoslovak dissent with foreign and international solidarity with persecuted Czechoslovak citizens 08) Transformations of the tactics of the repressive apparatus against opponents of regime 09) Opposition in other countries of the Soviet block with special focus of Poland, Hungary and East Germany 10) Development of opposite and non-conform activities in the 1980s, influence of Polish Solidarity and reforms of Gorbačov 11) Anti-regime opposition and non-conform activities in Liberec region 12) Fall of the communist regime in 1989 13) Discussions with some representatives of dissent or victims of political persecution in Czechoslovakia 14) Summary of course
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 16 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 16 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The subject is devoted to opposing movement and various independent activities from the defeat of the reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1969 to the downfall of communism in 1989. The beginning is devoted to the typology of forms of the resistance against communist regime to the so called Third Resistance in the 50s. The following lectures deal with the development of opposing resistance with the special focus on the formation and work of Charta 77 and other independent initiatives. International political aspects such as the influence of Helsinki process, international contacts of Czech dissent and international solidarity with persecuted Czechoslovak inhabitants, opposition in other countries of the Soviet Block are also included. Attention is paid to different forms of the persecution of the opponents of the regime. One lecture is also devoted to the opposition in the Liberec region.
Students learn the various opposition movements and independent activities (eg environment underground) from the defeat of the reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1969 until the fall of the communist regime in 1989.
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Prerequisites
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Compliance with the previous study obligations, basic orientation of Czechoslovak history after 1948, particularly the political context.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student's performance analysis
Fulfillment of assigned tasks; elaboration of a paper; filling in a questionnaire with questions devoted to the field
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Recommended literature
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Otáhal, M. Opozice, moc, společnost 1968/1970. Příspěvek k dějinám "normalizace". Praha, 1994.
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