Ivaylo Znepolski, "Communism, Science and the University: Towards a Theory of Detotalitarianisation "
English | ISBN: 0367895684 | 2020 | 330 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The book explores the intellectual history of Bulgaria between the 1960s and the 1980s at the intersections of the country's social and political history. Based on case studies, the research delves into three areas: the control and pressure mechanisms used on science and the university; the clash of ideas while performing the formal and hidden functions of academia in a communist regime setting; the processes whereby research and academia acquire a relative autonomy and alternative academic communities are being formed amidst the eroding ideological legitimacy of the regime.