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

Abstrakt

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.

Klíčová slova

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