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Jan C. Behrends

    January 1, 1969
    Die erfundene Freundschaft
    Physiologie
    100 Jahre Roter Oktober
    Fremde und Fremd-Sein in der DDR
    Postsowjetische Lebenswelten The Post-Soviet Experience. Society and Everyday Life after Communism
    Underground publishing and the public sphere
    • 2021
    • 2014

      Censorship and its counterpart, the 'underground' production and distribution of printed texts and images, existed ever since a 'public sphere' came into being. The volume approaches this phenomenon by covering cases from the Tsarist Empire, the Soviet Union, Central Europe, South America and China. In a long-term as well as global perspective, the well-known practise of samizdat under communist rule may be understood as part of a long tradition of underground publishing still relevant today in places like Russia, Iran, or China.

      Underground publishing and the public sphere