The problems of the relationship between power and the scientific intelligentsia in Czechoslovakia in the context of the events of the Prague Spring

The subject of the research is the behavior strategies and relationships of the scientific intelligentsia of Czechoslovakia with state power after the "Prague Spring." The object of the research is the political and social life of Czechoslovakia in the period after 1968 (the era of "normalization"). The article is dedicated to analyzing the complex and multifaceted relationships between the authorities and the scientific intelligentsia of Czechoslovakia after the suppression of the "Prague Spring" in 1968. The main focus is on the transformation of the scientific community from loyal or apolitical to opposition against the pro-Soviet regime of Gustav Husak during the process of "normalization." The author identifies and examines in detail three main behavioral strategies used by the intelligentsia to adapt to the new political realities: Organized resistance and dissidence, emigration, and internal emigration ("silence"). The methodology of the article represents a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach that combines methods from historical science (genetic, comparative, biographical) with sociological approaches (analysis of social groups and survival strategies) and political science (studying the interaction between society and power). The empirical basis for applying these methods was a wide range of primary sources and scientific literature. The scientific novelty of this work lies in the systematization, comprehensive analysis, and emphasis on specific aspects of the relationship between power and the scientific intelligentsia after the Prague Spring. A comprehensive analysis of behavioral strategies. The author does not merely state the fact of repression but offers a clear and structured typology of the reactions of the scientific intelligentsia (resistance, emigration, "silence"). Specification of the subject of research through the "human dimension." The novelty lies in the focus on the fates of specific scholars (Hajek, Simecka, Janouch, Slik, Kolman, Groh, etc.). Through their biographies, motivations, and ideological evolution, general processes are revealed. Emphasis on ideological transformation. The author shows in detail how disillusionment with "socialism with a human face" led to a complex rethinking of the fundamentals of Marxism and socialist theory. This demonstrates the intellectual depth of the opposition movement. The author argues that the relationship between power and scientific intelligentsia during the period of "normalization" was a tragic confrontation. Unable to completely eradicate the dissent of the intelligentsia, the regime only prepared the ground for its future defeat, while the scientific community, having gone through trials, preserved itself for the future revival of Czechoslovak science and democracy.

Prague Spring, Normalization, Scientific Intelligentsia, Czechoslovakia, Dissident Movement, Charter-77, Samizdat (Self-publishing), Emigration, Behavioral Strategies, Ideological Evolution