Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968 : Ideas in Flux / edited by Aleksandra Konarzewska, Una Blagojević, and Natalia Borisova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blagojević, Una, editor.

Borisova, Natalia, editor.

Konarzewska, Aleksandra, editor.

Series:

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics ; 71.

Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics ; 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Philosophy.

Communist countries--Intellectual life--20th century.

Communist countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ideas in Flux

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between the Thaw and the Prague Spring, Socialist Europe experienced a brief yet intense period of intellectual ferment. Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968 explores the shifting landscape of literature, philosophy, literary theory, and political thought in the wake of Stalinism and on the cusp of postmodernism. Bridging cultural analysis and intellectual history, this volume offers fresh insights into a period that shaped Socialist Europe for decades.

Contents:

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Socialist Europe between 1956 and 1968 and Its Intellectual Production

Aleksandra Konarzewska and Una Blagojević

Part 1 Literature and Literary Theory

Yevgenia Ginzburg/Vasily Aksyonov: The Invention of the Recent Past

Natalia Borisova

After Totality: Theory of the Novel and Social Thought in Poland between 1956 and 1968

Jens Herlth

Socialism with a Human Face but without Socialist Literature: Josef Škvorecký’s The Miracle Game

Ivana Perica

Part 2 Clashes and Discussions

An Attempt to Reform Communism: The Relations between the Yugoslav and Italian Communists in 1956 and 1968

Bogdan Živković

Between Revolution and Petrification: Władysław Bieńkowski’s Prospects for Socialism in Poland 1956–1968

Bartłomiej Kapica

Adam Schaff and the Polish Debates on the Concept of Socialist Humanism

Bartosz Matyja and Monika Woźniak

Part 3 Ideological Landscapes

The Ecological Imaginary of Socialist Cybernetics

Clemens Günther

The Crisis of Ideas: Ideological Voids and Humanist Intuitions in Mid-Socialist Poland

Nina Seiler

Index of Names

Index of Terms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Konarzewska, Aleksandra Intellectual Production in Socialist Europe 1956-1968

ISBN:

9789004533073

OCLC:

1541772196

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004533073 DOI