The Making of Dissidents
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The Making of Dissidents

Hungary’s Democratic Opposition and Its Western Friends, 1973-1998

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eBook - ePub

The Making of Dissidents

Hungary’s Democratic Opposition and Its Western Friends, 1973-1998

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2024
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9780822991458
Subtopic
Russian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  8. Introduction: The “Dissident” as a Distinct Cold War Phenomenon
  9. Chapter 1. The Postwar Order
  10. Chapter 2. Reorientation in the 1970s
  11. Chapter 3. A New Opposition
  12. Chapter 4. The Game Changer: Solidarność
  13. Chapter 5. Branching Out: The Network Goes East
  14. Chapter 6. Golden Age: Contesting the Past and Present
  15. Chapter 7. A New Hungary between Crises and Change
  16. Chapter 8. Farewells and Friendships
  17. Conclusion: The Making of Dissidents and an International East–West Network
  18. Appendix: List of Interviews
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. About the Author

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