Nový socialistický člověk - Československo 1948–1956

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Can we think of the communist regime only in terms of repression and injustice? Is it not possible, or indeed even necessary, to show that it must also have offered something positive and seductive that attracted and fulfilled the people of Czechoslovakia at the time? The book puts into the spotlight the contemporary ideas of creating a new, better society, bringing solutions to many problems and elevating individuals to a higher level of humanity. The new socialist man became a model worth following and a symbol of an optimistic future. The analysis of this phenomenon focuses on the ideological sources of the concept of the new man as well as its specific forms.