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

• Autore: Havel Vaclav
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.40947
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights - Europe, Eastern; Human rights - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KeaneJohn <1949-> LukesSteven
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Power of the powerless
• ISBN: 1-135-15565-8; 1-135-15566-6; 1-282-97414-9; 9786612974144; 0-203-85722-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454919503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge revivals.