Talk / PP-PRAGUE / Prague Old Channel

Origin And History Of Parallel Polis

MARTIN LESKOVJAN MARTIN LESKOVJAN · March 20, 2021 · 51m18s

In 1978 Václav Benda critically reflected Charter 77 - one of the most significant acts of the Czechoslovak dissident movement. His essay gave a name to once and future strategy to elude institutional oppression but also create a new environment free from state authority. Where does the need to create parallel structures come from and how has this strategy evolved into Parallel Polis?