The Pre-History of the Hungarian and Romanian 1968ers

• Authors: Adrian-George Matus

Title variants

The Pre-History of the Hungarian and Romanian 1968ers

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on the Romanian and Hungarian youth of the late 1960s. More specifically, it aims at understanding how their childhood experiences differed from those of their counterparts in the West and even in other Soviet Bloc countries, and how this influenced their tactics of opposition. The oral history interviews present a more complex picture than one of a simple generation gap between the 1968ers and their parents. In some cases, the former challenge the authority of their parents, while in others they continue their struggle.

PL

Artykuł ma na celu zrozumienie, w jaki sposób doświadczenia z dzieciństwa rumuńskiej i węgierskiej młodzieży późnych lat 60. XX w. różniły się od doświadczeń ich rówieśników na Zachodzie, a także w innych krajach bloku sowieckiego, i jak to wpłynęło na ich działalność opozycyjną. Relacje historii mówionej przedstawiają bardziej złożony obraz niż zwykła luka pokoleniowa między pokoleniem 1968 r. a ich rodzicami. W niektórych przypadkach ci pierwsi kwestionują autorytet swoich rodziców, podczas gdy w innych kontynuują ich walkę.

Keywords

EN

'68er generation; hippie; Eastern European counterculture; dissent

PL

pokolenie '68; hippis; kontrkultura w Europie Wschodniej; sprzeciw wobec reżimu; pokolenie '68; hippis; kontrkultura w Europie Wschodniej; sprzeciw wobec reżimu

• Publisher: Ośrodek „Pamięć i Przyszłość”
• Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 70-103

Dates

published

2021-06-18

Contributors

author

Adrian-George Matus

• European University Institute in Florence

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-6923

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26774/wrhm.250