Introduction

1-19

Who are the dissidents?

21-37

Marxist neophytes and democratic heretics

39-63

Dissent gains names and faces

65-86

Between Prague and helsinki

setting the transnational stage for dissidence

87-117

The birth of the dissident figure, 1976–1977

119-144

Molding the dissident figure

145-161

The looping effect of the dissident figure

resistance and performance

163-181

Generalization of the dissident figure

183-206

Conclusion

can dissidentism explain post-dissident politics?

Amy E. Varela

207-229