DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Power of the Powerless (Routledge Revivals)

Citizens Against the State in Central-eastern Europe

Václav Havel author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:18th Dec '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

The Power of the Powerless (Routledge Revivals) cover

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 7, 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.

‘This brilliant text is undoubtedly the finest analysis ever made of the `post-totalitarian' systems.’- Times Literary Supplement

‘A profound intellectual tour de force that analyzes the `post-totalitarian' system of Eastern Europe. ... Havel's The Power of the Powerless has not lost its intellectual appeal.’- Slavic Review

ISBN: 9780415573009

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 700g

232 pages