Title Visuomenės nuomonės veikimo sąlygos sovietinėje Lietuvoje /
Translation of Title The conditions of public opinion action in soviet Lithuania.
Authors Klumbys, Valdemaras
DOI 10.15388/LIS.2007.37038
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Is Part of Lietuvos istorijos studijos. 2007, t. 19, p. 124-138.. ISSN 1392-0448
Abstract [eng] Cultural elite smuggled parts of anti-soviet and other officially not permitted discourses from national to common spheres in hidden forms (as subtext). That enabled integrity of national discourses, national sphere and existence of independent public opinion. Cultural elite was the main producer of public opinion, as it was in XVIII c., when classical public opinion emerged. But cultural elite totally depended economically and socially from regime. Double mind was necessary to interlink absolutely different discourses (official and national, as they were opposite sometimes). This means, that there were differences not only in practice ("real feelings" of an intellectual) and mythology (official ideology, expressed in common sphere - mass media, official meetings etc.) of public opinion. There were two mythologies of public opinion. One was expressed in common sphere - it was designed for regime. Another was a fagade to heighten social status among national sphere's participants (other intellectuals) and were ethnically centered, anti-soviet. Practice differed from both mythologies and was designed for material welfare mostly.
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2007
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