Origins of Anti-Authoritarianism

Summary

This book discusses the ongoing revolution of dignity in human history as the work of ‘humanist outliers’: small groups and individuals dedicated to compassionate social emancipation. It argues that anti-authoritarian revolutions like 1989’s ‘Autumn of the Nations’ succeeded in large part due to cultural and political innovations springing from such small groups.
The author explores the often ingenious ways in which these maladapted and liminal ‘outliers’ forged a cooperative and dialogic mindset among previously resentful and divided communities. Their strategies warrant closer scrutiny in the context of the ongoing 21st century revolution of dignity and efforts to (re)unite an ever more troubled and divided world.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Witoszek, Nina (University of Oslo Witoszek, Witoszek Nina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138057975
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05797-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Civilization, RELIGION / Unitarian Universalism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Central Europe, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, HISTORY / Russia / General