An Analytical Study of Prague Spring in Simon Mawer's Prague Spring

Abstract

This study aims at clarifying the relationship between politics represented by the authority and the society, particularly its citizens, and how freedom becomes frail and turns into restrictions imposed on the citizens by the authorities. As an interdisciplinary approach, political sociology identifies politics' influence on society and vice versa. As a result of the condition of the countries, political sociology appeared in the nineteenth century by Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. The study focuses on the Prague Spring in examining the relationship between authority and citizens and the effect of the political mess on the citizens and society through Simon Mawer's novel Prague Spring. The study is divided into six sections: the first discussed political sociology. The second presents the meaning of the theme 'The Frailty of Freedom'. Thus, the third section discusses the historical background of the Prague Spring. The life of the British writer Simon Mawer is presented in the fourth section. The fifth section shows the analysis of Simon Mawer's Prague Spring. The research ends with the sixth section, which presents the conclusions.