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Psychoanalysis of a territory. On the memory of Kazakhstan. A review of Joanna Czeczott’s book Silence over the Steppe: Kazakhstan and the Memory of Russia, Czarne Publishing House, Wołowiec 2025
ORCID: Bartłomiej Krzysztan: 0000-0001-5632-6884
Afiliacja: Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Pages: 175-182
Edition: Lublin 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36874/RIESW.2025.1.8
Citation method: B. Krzysztan, Psychoanaliza terytorium. O pamięci Kazachstanu. Recenzja książki Joanny Czeczott „Cisza nad stepem. Kazachstan i pamięć o Rosji”,
„Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej” 23 (2025), z. 1, s. 175–182, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36874/RIESW.2025.1.8
Abstract: The article attempts to define the dissident movement in the USSR. After 1956, numerous opposition and protest groups existed within the Soviet Union; however, not all opponents of the Soviet system can be described as dissidents. The essential characteristic of the dissident movement was its apolitical nature. Dissidents did not seek to seize power, nor did they set themselves explicit goals other than one: compelling the authorities to respect human rights. They did not speak on behalf of any specific ethnic, national, social, or professional group. The dissident milieu did not construct organisational structures or networks; it had neither leaders issuing commands nor followers executing them. Any hierarchy that emerged rested solely on personal moral authority, never on rank or title. The article draws upon essays written by the most significant figures of the dissident movement, their theoretical reflections and memoirs, and their attempts to evaluate their own past activities.
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