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Political Action in Vaclav Havel's Thought - The Responsibility of Resistance (Hardcover, New)
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Political Action in Vaclav Havel's Thought - The Responsibility of Resistance (Hardcover, New)
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font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; }Political Action in
Vaclav Havel's Thought: The Responsibility of Resistance, by Delia
Popescu, examines resistance to oppression and individual
responsibility in political action, all in the context of Vaclav
Havel's political philosophy. The famous anti-communist dissident,
acclaimed playwright, former President of the Czech Republic, and
eminent political thinker argues that there is a certain tendency
in modern humanity towards the creation, or at least toleration, of
a political system that is invasive and controlling. Not unlike
Tocqueville and Arendt, Havel claims that modern liberal democracy
contains potential tendencies toward a new form of despotism that
capitalizes on modern alienation and social atomization. Political
Action in Vaclav Havel's Thought suggests that Havel's theory of
individual opposition can be used to secure political freedom under
the conditions of modernity. Popescu demonstrates that Havel's idea
of attaining true political participation and freedom requires a
strong connection between an individually constructed ethics and
the realm of politics. On this basis she reveals that a thick
notion of morality can be usefully integrated into an account of
both private and public accountability. Vaclav Havel's essays,
plays, speeches, and letters can therefore be integrated into a
coherent political theory which contributes significantly to some
of the central debates in modern political thought. Delia Popescu
concludes that Havel's theory of individual opposition to
totalitarianism may also serve as the foundation for a conception
of responsible participation in modern liberal democracies.
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