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This course provides an introduction to theories of revolution and approaches to theory building using evidence from revolutionary phenomena in central Europe since 1848. We will examine how the meaning and practice of revolution have evolved alongside persistent features that justify a common classification across space and time. Lectures will address salient aspects of the revolutionary waves of 1848 and 1918, resistance during the Second World War, the crises of 1956, 1968, and 1980, the annus mirabilis of 1989, and Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, while readings will probe their sociological interpretation.
Poslední úprava: Matějková Anna, Mgr. (22.01.2026)
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In-class quizzes on assigned readings and a final, written examination. Poslední úprava: Matějková Anna, Mgr. (22.01.2026)
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Schedule of lectures 1. The meanings of revolution 2. 1848 in central Europe: the “springtime of the nations” 3. 1918 in central Europe: pacifist, agrarian, national, and socialist revolutions 4. A Nazi revolution? 5. Revolutionary movements during and after World War II 6. Hungary in 1956 7. Czechoslovakia in 1968 8. Poland in 1980-81 9. 1989 in central Europe 10. The revolutionary process after 1989 11. Ukraine’s Euromaidan and Revolution of Dignity 12. Conclusions Literature Readings of approximately 25 pp. will be circulated in advance of each lecture (except the first), drawn from the following texts (among others to be announced): Oszkár Jászi, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Hungary Jan Gross, Polish Society under German Occupation Bill Lomax, Hungary 1956 Roman Laba, The Roots of Solidarity James Krapfl, Revolution with a Human Face Gareth Dale, The East German Revolution of 1989 Poslední úprava: Matějková Anna, Mgr. (22.01.2026)
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