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Seminar
SoSe 23: Civil Society and War in Eastern Europe
Mihai Varga
Comments
The seminar combines theoretical texts on civil society and social movements with important examples of collective action in post-communist Europe. It zooms in on the developments preceding Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine to show how a civil society perspective allows to understand the formation of a pro-war constituency in Russia. In the social sciences civil society is expected to play an important role in strengthening democracies (A. de Toqueville, A. Gramsci) or in limiting the negative effects of markets (M. Castells, K. Polanyi). Against this background, research shed a negative light on civil society in the post-communist area, claiming that civil society generally appeared as weak, with the exception of "uncivil" society, mobilizing against the values of liberal democracies. Seeing civil society from the perspective of social movement theory, the seminar helps contextualize and explain the rise of such "uncivil" forces. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2023-04-19 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-04-26 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-05-03 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-05-10 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-05-17 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-05-24 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-05-31 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-06-07 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-06-14 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-06-21 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-06-28 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-07-05 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-07-12 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2023-07-19 10:00 - 12:00