CiNii 図書 - Intellectuals, socialism, and dissent : the East German opposition and its legacy

Once the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the people of East Germany had little use for the dissident intellectuals who had helped bring it down. This book offers a look into the circumstances of this fall from grace, unique among the former Communist states. John Torpey traces the dissident intellectuals' fate to the peculiar situation of the East German regime, which sought to build "socialism in a quarter of a country" on the anti-fascist foundations of Communist opposition to Nazism. He shows how the regime's unusual history and subnational status helped sustain the East German intelligentsia's conviction that socialism could be reformed and humane - that there was a "third way" between Soviet-style socialism and the capitalism that took root in West Germany. How the pursuit of this third way both supported and undermined the regime, and galvanized and alienated the East German people, becomes clear in Torpey's analysis. His book makes a powerful contribution to our understanding of the politics of intellectuals during one of the most painful chapters in modern German history.

Introduction - intellectuals and politics
the making of an East German intelligentsia
intellectuals, the state and opposition, 1956-80
the intelligentsia and the development of opposition in the GDR during the 1980s
the intelligentsia in the socialist denouement, 1989 - exodus and opposition in the East German transformation
the prophets outcast - the end of the GDR and the coming of unification, 1989-90
the abortive revolution continues - East German civil rights activists after unification.

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780816625673

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Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent was first published in 1995. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Once the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the people of East Germany had little use for the dissident intellectuals who had helped bring it down. Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent offers a penetrating look into the circumstances of this fall from grace, unique among the former Communist states. John Torpey traces the dissident intellectuals' fate to the peculiar situation of the East German regime, which sought to build "socialism in a quarter of a country" on the anti-fascist foundations of Communist opposition to Nazism. He shows how the regime's unusual history and subnational status helped sustain the East German intelligentsia's conviction that socialism could be reformed and humane-that there was a "third way" between Soviet-style socialism and the capitalism that took root in West Germany. How the pursuit of this third way both supported and undermined the regime, and both galvanized and alienated the East German people, becomes clear in Torpey's nuanced analysis. His book makes a powerful contribution to our understanding of the politics of intellectuals during one of the most painful chapters in modern German history. John C. Torpey is currently a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence.

Introduction - intellectuals and politics
the making of an East German intelligentsia
intellectuals, the state and opposition, 1956-80
the intelligentsia and the development of opposition in the GDR during the 1980s
the intelligentsia in the socialist denouement, 1989 - exodus and opposition in the East German transformation
the prophets outcast - the end of the GDR and the coming of unification, 1989-90
the abortive revolution continues - East German civil rights activists after unification.

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