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Vaclav Havel And Czechoslovakia's Great Change

Posted on:2008-01-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360215999486Subject:World History
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After the second world war, the world structure was fundamental changing, the world was divided into two blocs, America and Soviet Russia began contending for hegemony about half century. Eastern European as Soviet Russia's vested interest symbol, at the same time, it was the outpost which Soviet Russia contended with America, so Soviet Russia always controlled them restrictedly. At the great influence of international climate, Czechoslovakia without special inherited genes from Soviet Russia including political, economical and ideological, as the result it became Stalinization. To some extent, we could say Soviet Russia handed Czechoslovakia's sovereignty, CPC acted as Soviet Russia's tool. Because of that social conflicts intensified, people very dissatisfied, different opposition organization emerged, Vaclav Havel standed first anti CPC's rule. On November of 1989, CPC losed its power, Vaclav Havel was elected new president.The text cut in Prague Spring, and is clued up on history develops, clued up on Vaclav Havel's experience, thought, activities, and put CPC, Vaclav Havel, people under the same history background, to discuss their correlation and effect, on the other hand the text uses history select theory to understand Vaclav Havel and people how to make new choose under new history condition. Based that thinking, the text mainly divides into four chapters from the content:First chapter has a review and summary of the unravel of socialism and the drastic change in Czechoslovakia. From 1968 to 1989, the first thing was Prague Spring's happening, it brought whole nation's pain and people's hate; Second, CPC adopted conservative policies, it became more and more closed, isolated and stagnation, people and government became absolute oppose and intensity; Third, 77 Charter under Vaclav Havel's leading organized, and began its activities fighting with government. At that time, people disappointed and value view was collapsing, so activities under 77 Charter impulsed by morality funded as political revolution; Fourth, people's living standard continued drop, it leaded the voice of anti government serious.Second chapter mainly discussed Vaclav Havel's thought, the significant influence of his analysis and critic of CPC's political, economical and cultural policies. At the same time auxiliary by Vaclav Havel's experience, and elaborates how he began defy CPC, how to from a playwright became a dissident and at last became a leaded of opposition aiming at turn over CPC.Third chapter focuses on the happening, develop and end of the unravel of socialism and the drastic change in 1989. First the article makes an analysis of its cause, then on one hand points its common reasons and on the other hand points its particular reasons based on Czechoslovakia's characteristic and tradition as well as international environment. During the process, the text mainly carries on the analysis to the concrete activities the opposition made under Vaclav Havel's leading, people's requirements, and CPC's response. And points CPC's passive attitudes and compromise, Vaclav Havel as key figure in leading and agglomerated people, people's solidarity. At last, CPC was overthrow, socialism system was toppled down, Vaclav Havel was elected new president through parliament.Fourth chapter carries on the summary for the entire paper, discuss the particularity and inevitability of Czechoslovakia's great change. It concludes that the unravel of socialism and the drastic change was a political revolution which happened on special history condition, at a distinguished featured country, this political revolution had its own fighting forms and characteristics, it was the result that different objective conditions and certain selects effected, and the result of people's voluntary select unanimous with Civic Forum's activities under Vaclav Havel's leading. During the turbulent process, Vaclav Havel organized and leaded, he was the symbol of revolution's change. Just different objective conditions and Vaclav Havel's right leading, the revolution showed peaceful, legal and people taking part in three characteristics. After half century's full of frustration experience, Czechoslovakia went through a complicated road from capitalism to socialism and again to capitalism.
Keywords/Search Tags:Vaclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, CPC
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