Who Are the Dissidents?

Kacper Szulecki

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

What is it that unites and defines a variety of people that are called “dissidents”—in the media, political debates or academic literature? This chapter provides a compendium of five definitions, gathered through a board literature review and interviews with former human rights activists and political oppositionists. It then traces the evolution of the meaning of the dissident from its religious root to its first secular and political applications. Further, it clarifies the conceptualization of three closely connected terms: dissent, dissidence, and dissidentism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages21-37
Number of pages17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NamePalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
ISSN (Print)2634-6559
ISSN (Electronic)2634-6567

Keywords

  • Central europe
  • Dissent
  • Dissident
  • Social movements
  • Transnational history

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