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A Volatile Desperation. The Phenomenon, Meaning, and Symbolism of Self-Immolation in Central & Eastern Europe during Communism
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A Volatile Desperation. The Phenomenon, Meaning, and Symbolism of Self-Immolation in Central & Eastern Europe during Communism
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| title: | A Volatile Desperation. The Phenomenon, Meaning, and Symbolism of Self-Immolation in Central & Eastern Europe during Communism |
| author: | Hekking Lee |
| reviewer: | Porębski Czesław  , Kowalski Krzysztof
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| advisor: | Kowalski Krzysztof
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| date of submittion : | 2012-06-20 |
| language: | Polish |
| abstract in Polish: | This thesis is a comprehensive study of the phenomenon of self-immolation as a political protest directed against the specific brand of Soviet Communism imposed in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II. It considers the historical processes that produced and shaped the phenomenon in the region, reconstructs the personal stories of those who committed these drastic protest-suicides, and discusses the social and political meaning behind these acts. |
| abstract in English: | This thesis is a comprehensive study of the phenomenon of self-immolation as a political protest directed against the specific brand of Soviet Communism imposed in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II. It considers the historical processes that produced and shaped the phenomenon in the region, reconstructs the personal stories of those who committed these drastic protest-suicides, and discusses the social and political meaning behind these acts. |
| keywords in Polish: | samospalenie, protest polityczny, Ryszard Siwiec, Jan Palach, Romas Kalanta, Komunizm [Self-immolation, Political protest, Ryszard Siwiec, Jan Palach, Romas Kalanta, Communism] |
| keywords in English: | Self-immolation, Political protest, Ryszard Siwiec, Jan Palach, Romas Kalanta, Communism |
| affiliation: | Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych |
| type: | master work |
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Projekt „Repozytorium otwartego dostępu do dorobku naukowego i dydaktycznego UJ” współfinansowany w ramach poddziałania 2.3.1 „Cyfrowe udostępnianie zasobów nauki” Programu Operacyjnego Polska Cyfrowa z Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego i budżetu państwa na podstawie umowy o dofinansowanie nr POPC.02.03.01-00-0030/17-00
