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Historical Bloc and Revolution: The Radical Democratic Interpretation of the Prague Spring of 1968
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SYSNO ASEP 0504425 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title Historical Bloc and Revolution: The Radical Democratic Interpretation of the Prague Spring of 1968 Author(s) Landa, Ivan (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title The Prague Spring as a Laboratory: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Collegium Carolinum. - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019 / Schulze Wessel M. - ISBN 978-3-525-35598-5 Pages s. 117-141 Number of pages 25 s. Publication form Print - P Action Eine Gesellschaft im Umbruch: Der Prager Frühling und seine Akteure Event date 26.10.2017 - 29.10.2017 VEvent location Bad Wiessee Country DE - Germany Event type EUR Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords 1968 ; radical democracy ; social revolution ; historical bloc ; Kosík ; Gramsci Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) R&D Projects GA16-26686S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 Annotation This chapter explores a question, as to whether Prague Spring of 1968 constituted a revolt, a reform, a revolution, or even a counterrevolution. First, the term “radical democracy” is clarified, in order to elucidate what exactly radical democratic interpretation of the Prague Spring could mean. Then, focusing on Karel Kosík’s particular version of such interpretation, it deals with a question: What types of events can be regarded as “social revolutions”? Third, Kosík’s theory of revolution as well as his phenomenology of revolutionary consciousness is briefly outlined, in order to answer the question: How did revolt from below took shape during the Prague Spring? According to Kosík’s diagnosis the events exposed a political crisis, manifesting—in turn—a much deeper crisis, namely the crisis of politics as such. As a follow-up, I argue that for Kosík this double crisis sparked the politicization of the common citizens and contributed to isolated social groupings gradually growing closer to each other. This was the critical moment in forming a new alliance—a historical bloc—and a new collective subject. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2020
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