The Power of the Powerless (Paperback)

Vaclav Havel's remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the grocer's unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves? Written in 1978, Vaclav Havel's meditation on political dissent - the rituals of its suppression, and the sparks that re-ignite it - would prove the 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. 'Havel's diagnosis of political pathologies has a special resonance in the age of Trump' Pankaj Mishra

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	V aclav Havel
Introduction by:	Timothy Snyder
Dimensions:	178 x 110 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-78487-504-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Political subversion Promotions
LSN:	1-78487-504-X
Barcode:	9781784875046

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