Intellectuals and the authorities: The role in the "Velvet" Revolution in Czechoslovakia : A Sociologist's Notes

Abstract

The article is devoted to the evaluation of the role and place of intellectuals in the ideological preparation of the "Velvet revolution" in Czechoslovakia in November, 1989. It examines the sociological conceptions of revolution, and their applicability to the analysis of the November events.

Keywords

• intelligentsia
• intellectuals
• the authorities
• revolution
• Czechoslovakia
• post-totalitarian society