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Discourse Beyond Borders: Periodicals, Dissidents, and European Cultural Spaces

Author
  • Carlos Reijnen (University of Amsterdam)

Abstract

Émigré periodicals in Cold War Europe have long been considered isolated islands of Central and East European communities with limited relevance. In the second half of the Cold War, some of these periodicals functioned as crucial intersections of communication between dissidents, emigrants and Western European intellectuals. These periodicals were the greenhouses for the development of new definitions of Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Europe at large. This article studies Cold War émigré periodicals from a spatial perspective and argues that they can be analysed as European cultural spaces. In this approach, European cultural spaces are seen as insular components of a European public sphere. The particular settings (spaces) within which the periodicals developed have contributed greatly to the ideas that they expressed. The specific limits and functions of periodicals such as Kultura or Svědectví [Testimony] have triggered perceptions of Central European and European solidarity. The originally Russian periodical Kontinent promoted an eventually less successful East European-Russian solidarity.  

Keywords: Central Europe, Eastern Europe, emigrants, dissidents, European cultural spaces

How to Cite:

Reijnen, C., (2018) “Discourse Beyond Borders: Periodicals, Dissidents, and European Cultural Spaces”, Journal of European Periodical Studies 3(2), 7–22. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/jeps.v3i2.9715

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Published on
11 Dec 2018
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