Česká zkušenost s komunismem

The book provides a detailed insight into the historical continuity between the old and new regimes by presenting the results of an extensive quantitative survey of the historical consciousness of contemporary witnesses. Using a combination of historiographical-political perspectives and sociological interpretations of the establishment, genesis, and gradual erosion of the communist regime, the author shows through which social contexts the witnesses construct or can construct an image of the past era. In doing so, the book focuses not only on the systemic nature of “normalization” but also on everyday life in the Husák era. At the same time, it highlights the problems of democratic transformation and further development after the fall of the communist regime.