Euromaidan and the 1989 Legacy: Solidarity in Action?
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Euromaidan and the 1989 Legacy: Solidarity in Action?
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The paper considers the EuroMaidan in 2013/14 as a misinterpreted revolution misjudged by the triggered consequences. Using the theoretical framework of a 'non-violent protest' of the 'powerless' as suggested by Jonathan Schell, I explicate the Ukrainian uprising as a short-time affirmation of popular power that embodies a peculiar type of democracy, namely 'civil democracy' or 'radical democracy'. It is stressed that upon the historical closure of the event, the policy-makers worldwide framed it according to their agenda thus depriving the people of their political agency and the event itself of its authenticity. Herewith the protesters lose not only any leverage in their country's governance, but also the monopoly for interpreting the events they enabled and engendered. Some legacy of the 1989 can be traced here in a twofold manner. The velvet revolutions in East-Central Europe also stood as declarations of 'radical democracy', which was commonly disregarded as well. The main trope for assessing the meaning of the 1989 has been the 'end of history' claim by Francis Fukuyama, treating the former as a sign of the ultimate victory of the US and of the liberal democracy model. The paper aims to prove that the model of 'civil democracy', as it emerged in 1980s in East-Central Europe, presupposes a bigger role of civil society (the power of people) while restraining the state and the market rationality. It has important implications both for the democratic practice and the democratic imaginary nowadays.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Euromaidan and the 1989 Legacy: Solidarity in Action?
Popis výsledku anglicky
The paper considers the EuroMaidan in 2013/14 as a misinterpreted revolution misjudged by the triggered consequences. Using the theoretical framework of a 'non-violent protest' of the 'powerless' as suggested by Jonathan Schell, I explicate the Ukrainian uprising as a short-time affirmation of popular power that embodies a peculiar type of democracy, namely 'civil democracy' or 'radical democracy'. It is stressed that upon the historical closure of the event, the policy-makers worldwide framed it according to their agenda thus depriving the people of their political agency and the event itself of its authenticity. Herewith the protesters lose not only any leverage in their country's governance, but also the monopoly for interpreting the events they enabled and engendered. Some legacy of the 1989 can be traced here in a twofold manner. The velvet revolutions in East-Central Europe also stood as declarations of 'radical democracy', which was commonly disregarded as well. The main trope for assessing the meaning of the 1989 has been the 'end of history' claim by Francis Fukuyama, treating the former as a sign of the ultimate victory of the US and of the liberal democracy model. The paper aims to prove that the model of 'civil democracy', as it emerged in 1980s in East-Central Europe, presupposes a bigger role of civil society (the power of people) while restraining the state and the market rationality. It has important implications both for the democratic practice and the democratic imaginary nowadays.
Klasifikace
Druh
C - Kapitola v odborné knize
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2019
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název knihy nebo sborníku
The Long 1989 : Decades of Global Revolution
ISBN
978-963-386-283-4
Počet stran výsledku
21
Strana od-do
231-251
Počet stran knihy
284
Název nakladatele
Central European University Press
Místo vydání
Budapest
Kód UT WoS kapitoly
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