Description
Book SynopsisThe book offers an analysis of the «Belarusian Maidan» protest movement that emerged in Minsk at the October Square as a result of the falsification of the presidential elections in March 2006. In particular, the author analyses the
virtual dimension of the movement and its
creativity by applying the New Social Movement approach elaborated by Melucci. He also presents an in-depth analysis through the use of Deleuzian concepts. The «Belarusian Maidan» is inscribed into the historical context of Belarusian social activism of 1990–2006, amid the increasing influence of new ICTs and the Internet.
Table of ContentsContents: New Social Movement Approach to the analysis of protest events in post-communist countries and Belarus in particular – Social activism in Belarus before 2006 – Context and crucial cvents – Types of actions – The tent camp as social and political laboratory for the application of Deleuzian concepts.
