# After Utopia

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- Authors: [Christiane Brenner](https://www.bookquiver.com/christiane-brenner)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2024-02-20
- Genres: History

## Description

The Husák government that came into power after the suppression of the Prague Spring formulated the goal of restoring " normality" in Czechoslovakia. It revoked prior reforms and initiated widespread " cleansing measures" and repression. Most notably, however, it lacked a clear vision for the future. The contributions in this volume show that the 1970s and 1980s were nevertheless not a time of complete stagnation. Efforts at restoration and modernization frequently existed simultaneously and counteractively. The essays discuss this contradictoriness and the often invisible dynamics of the normalization period exemplarily. A further key topic is the normalization’s echo in literature, remembrance culture, and historiography.

## Editions

### After Utopia

- Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- ISBN: 978-35-2533-614-4
- Pages: 406
- Published: 2024-02-20
- Language: en_US