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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778525603321

Autore

Havel Vaclav

Titolo

The power of the powerless : citizens against the state in central-eastern Europe / / Vaclav Havel. [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-15565-8

1-135-15566-6

1-282-97414-9

9786612974144

0-203-85722-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

KeaneJohn <1949->

LukesSteven

Disciplina

323.40947

Soggetti

Civil rights - Europe, Eastern

Human rights - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Editor's preface; Introduction; 1 The power of the powerless; 2 Spiritual values, independent initiatives and politics; 3 Catholicism and politics; 4 On the question of Chartism; 5 The human rights movement and social progress; 6 Prospects for democracy and socialism in eastern Europe; 7 Chartism and 'real socialism'; 8 Who really is isolated?; 9 The alternative community as revolutionary avant-garde; 10 Thoughts inside a tightly-corked bottle; 11 On not living in hatred; Appendix: Charter 77 Declaration

Notes on Czechoslovak contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception. Written shortly after the formation of Charter 77, the essays in this collection are among the most original and compelling pieces of political writing to have emerged from central and Eastern Europe



during the whole of the post-war period. Václav Havel's essay provides the title for the book. It was read by all the contributors who in turn responded to the many questions which Havel raises about the potential power of the powerless.The