Reassessing the Role of the Communist Party in a Socialist Society: The Case of 1960s Czechoslovakia

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/24645370.5151" target="_blank" >10.14712/24645370.5151</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Reassessing the Role of the Communist Party in a Socialist Society: The Case of 1960s Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article examines the efforts of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCz) to discursively anchor its leading role amid the shifting socio-political terrain of the 1960s. While the party&apos;s position was clearly defined during the revolutionary stage, the guidelines for exercising its leadership in the socialist society officially declared in 1960 were far less clear. This article focuses on how, over the following years, political discourse increasingly incorporated sociological findings about the structure of socialist society, influencing conceptions of the party&apos;s leading role. Yet, once 1968 hit, as the people&apos;s demands grew in response to the often-unsatisfactory lived experience in socialist society, the CPCz faced not only the challenge of defining its role but also the necessity of defending it to counteract public discontent. This article thus examines the rhetorical strategies employed by the political elite in the early months of 1968 to navigate this challenge. It argues that two rhetorical figures dominated the discourse: the recurrent term &quot;unity&quot; and the emerging term &quot;trust.&quot; These terms allowed the political elite to strike a precarious balance between maintaining continuity and striving for a radical departure from the status quo through hegemonic strategy.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Reassessing the Role of the Communist Party in a Socialist Society: The Case of 1960s Czechoslovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article examines the efforts of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPCz) to discursively anchor its leading role amid the shifting socio-political terrain of the 1960s. While the party&apos;s position was clearly defined during the revolutionary stage, the guidelines for exercising its leadership in the socialist society officially declared in 1960 were far less clear. This article focuses on how, over the following years, political discourse increasingly incorporated sociological findings about the structure of socialist society, influencing conceptions of the party&apos;s leading role. Yet, once 1968 hit, as the people&apos;s demands grew in response to the often-unsatisfactory lived experience in socialist society, the CPCz faced not only the challenge of defining its role but also the necessity of defending it to counteract public discontent. This article thus examines the rhetorical strategies employed by the political elite in the early months of 1968 to navigate this challenge. It argues that two rhetorical figures dominated the discourse: the recurrent term &quot;unity&quot; and the emerging term &quot;trust.&quot; These terms allowed the political elite to strike a precarious balance between maintaining continuity and striving for a radical departure from the status quo through hegemonic strategy.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Dějiny - teorie - kritika (History-Theory-Criticism.)

ISSN

1214-7249

e-ISSN

2464-5370

Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

31

Strana od-do

115-145

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105027948695