TY  - GEN
T1  - Critical thinking in Slovakia after socialism
T2  - Rochester studies in Central Europe ;
A1  - Larson, Jonathan L.
LA  - English
PP  - Rochester, NY
PB  - University of Rochester Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn843079012
AB  - "Critical thinking is the civic virtue of a liberal democracy. Citizens who think for themselves, cooperate, and can agree to disagree are the hallmark of a self-governing society. People from undemocratic societies, however, are often believed to lack this virtue, because authoritarian regimes smother critical discourse through fear and dull critical thought through the control of information and propaganda. After the end of Communist rule in 1989, Western agents of democratization and educational development chided the residents of the former Czechoslovakia for this deficiency, claiming that the Slovaks' inability to think critically was the reason the nation struggled to integrate with Western Europe. Critical Thinking in Slovakia after Socialism examines this putative relationship between critical thought and society through an ethnographic study of post-1989 Slovakia. Drawing on original fieldwork and anthropological theories of language and culture, Jonathan Larson uncovers patterns of social analysis and criticism in Slovak political discourse. He exposes ways in which these discursive practices have been misinterpreted and explains their underlying dynamics in Slovak society. This important volume, bringing together scholarship on East Central Europe, liberalism, education, and the public sphere, gives students of modern history, politics, and culture a fresh perspective on a skill essential to civil society."--Publisher's website.
OP  - 240
CN  - JN2240.A91 L37 2013
SN  - 158046792X
SN  - 9781580467926
SN  - 1299547982
SN  - 9781299547988
SN  - 9781580464376
SN  - 1580464378
KW  - Civil society : Slovakia.
KW  - Critical thinking : Slovakia.
KW  - Post-communism : Slovakia.
KW  - Socialism : Slovakia.
KW  - Slovakia : Politics and government : 1993-
KW  - Société civile : Slovaquie.
KW  - Pensée critique : Slovaquie.
KW  - Postcommunisme : Slovaquie.
KW  - Slovaquie : Politique et gouvernement : 1993-
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Essays.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Reference.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Eastern.
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Critical thinking
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Post-communism
KW  - Socialism
KW  - Slovakia
KW  - Postkommunismus
KW  - Kritisches Denken
KW  - Zivilgesellschaft
KW  - Slowakei
KW  - Postcommunisme.
KW  - Democratisering.
KW  - Kritisch denken.
KW  - Politieke ontwikkeling.
KW  - Slowakije.
KW  - Since 1993
ER  -