The Power of the Powerless /Moc bezmocných/ brož.
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| EAN | 9781784875046 |
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| Publisher | Vintage |
| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 978-1-784-87504-6 |
| Number of pages | 170 |
| Dimensions | 177 x 112 x 20 mm |
| Weight | 100 g |
| Language | English |
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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.