Description
Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy includes a new introduction by Timothy Snyder. Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in the shop window: “Workers of the world, unite!” Is it a sign of the grocer’s unerring ideology, or a symbol of the lies people perform to protect themselves? Written in 1978, Havel’s meditation on political dissent, the rituals of its suppression and the sparks that reignite it would become a guiding manifesto for uniting Solidarity movements across the Soviet Union. A portrait of activism in the face of falsehood and intimidation, The Power of the Powerless remains a rousing call against the allure of apathy.
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Author: Havel Václav
Language: English
Publication date: September 27, 2018
Manufacturer: Folio, spol.s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Czech fiction in english, Czech authors in english
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 170
ISBN/EAN: 9781784875046