IDENTIFICATION OF ANTI-COMMUNIST RESISTANCE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA(METHODOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM)
The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself. ; The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself.