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Rok 1968. Eto vaše delo
Year 1968. Here is your work

Contributor(s): Marta Součková (Editor), Martina Ivanová (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Photography, History of Church(es), Diplomatic history, Economic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, History of Religion
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Slovakia; Czechoslovakia; 20th century; 1968; politics; communism; economy; Church; culture;
Summary/Abstract: The book Rok 1968 Eto vaše delo is based on lecture cycle, organised by the Slovak Institute in Prague in cooperation with the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute for Contemporary History of the ASCR. The aim of this lecture cycle was to remember about the 40th anniversary of the reform process in Czechoslovakia in 1968. The lectures presented by Slovak historians, were extended and collected as papers, that are part of this book. The aim of the particular papers is to analyse the main aspects of the reforms, further their ideological roots, as well as their political, social and economic casualties. The authors intended to reflect the immanent development of the autonomous reform process in Czechoslovakia, taking into account both political, constitutional, national-political, socioeconomic, cultural and confessional issues. The opening paper written by Professor Ivan Laluha is an authentic testimony about the gradual maturation process, that was proceeding the reforms in the field of economic theory, which is the main field of interest of the author. The author’s goal was to outline the efforts undertaken in order to achieve a further development of reforms in the constitutional and national-political sphere. Jozef Žatkuliak is analysing the genesis of the ideas proposing a new, federal constitution for Czechoslovakia. The key focus of Slavomír Michálek’s study is based on the American political context of the Czechoslovak attempt for reform of Socialism. There is no doubt, that, during that time, the United States of America and the Soviet Union were trying to reach an agreement and that both sides were conducing a bipolar détente politics. On the one hand, in Washington there was a kind of sympathy for the reform process taking place in Czechoslovakia, but on the other hand, it was perceived as an internal problem of the Soviet Bloc. Two following studies writen by Stanislav Sikora are dealing with the ideological background of the Prague or Bratislava Spring, involving a critical analysis of the term „Socialism with human face”. In his study, Miroslav Londák is explaining the main principles of the economic reform in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s by going to the roots and anatomising the process of industrialisation of Slovakia since 1948. Furthermore, Londák is paying close attention to the efforts of Slovak economists undertaken in order to replant the special economic needs of Slovakia; these efforts were closely connected with the preparations for a federalization of the Czechoslovak state. The study of Jan Pešek is dealing with the process of a limited regeneration, under conditions of the Communist regime, of Churches. Elena Londáková is broaching the issue of reform movement in culture. She emphasised, that it were above all the exponents of cultural life, who acted as the pioneers of the reform movement and, in the same time, as the main critics of the whole social and political system.

  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-80-969782-7-4
  • Page Count: 191
  • Publication Year: 2008
  • Language: Slovak
Poznámky na úvod

Poznámky na úvod
(Introductory remarks)

Rok 1968 v spomienke a pamäti (Fragmenty)

Rok 1968 v spomienke a pamäti (Fragmenty)
(Year 1968 in Monuments and Memories (Fragments))

Zasadanie ÚV KSČ v januári 1968 a začiatky obrodného procesu v ČSSR

Zasadanie ÚV KSČ v januári 1968 a začiatky obrodného procesu v ČSSR
(Meeting of the Communist Party of the Czechoslovak Communist Party in January 1968 and the beginning of the process of revival in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)

Otvorenie problematiky federalizácie štátu roku 1968

Otvorenie problematiky federalizácie štátu roku 1968
(Opening the issue of federalization of the state in 1968)

Aspekty postojov USA k Československu (január – august 1968)

Aspekty postojov USA k Československu (január – august 1968)
(Aspects of US attitudes towards Czechoslovakia (January - August 1968))

Ekonomika na Slovensku na prahu roka 1968

Ekonomika na Slovensku na prahu roka 1968
(Economics in Slovakia at the beginning of 1968)

Charakteristika „socializmu s ľudskou tvárou“

Charakteristika „socializmu s ľudskou tvárou“
(Characteristics of "socialism with a human face")

Jar 1968 a hľadanie nových foriem rozvoja slovenskej ekonomiky

Jar 1968 a hľadanie nových foriem rozvoja slovenskej ekonomiky
(Spring 1968 and the search for new forms of development of the Slovak economy)

Cirkvi na Slovensku roku 1968

Cirkvi na Slovensku roku 1968
(Church in Slovakia in 1968)

Protagonisti slovenskej kultúry roku 1968

Protagonisti slovenskej kultúry roku 1968
(The protagonists of Slovak culture in 1968)

Záver

Záver
(Conclusion)

Menný register

Menný register
(Name Registry)

Literatúra

Literatúra
(Literature)

Zoznam použitých skratiek

Zoznam použitých skratiek
(List of abbreviations used)

Summary

Summary
(Summary)

O autoroch

O autoroch
(About the Authors)

Fotodokumentácia

Fotodokumentácia
(Photo documentation)