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Parallel Polis

Parallel Polis is a socio-political concept created by Czech political thinker and dissident Václav Benda in connection with the informal civic initiative, Charter 77. Benda and other philosophers sought to build a theoretical framework for social events in dissident circles.

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Parallel Polis is a socio-political concept created by Czech political thinker and dissident Václav Benda in connection with the informal civic initiative, Charter 77. Benda and other philosophers sought to build a theoretical framework for social events in dissident circles.

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