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The Power of the Powerless

The Power of the Powerless

Václav Havel, Keane, John · 1985 · 228 pages

Civil rightsContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Politics and governmentHuman rightsAddresses, essays, lecturesAddresses, essays, lectures

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's preface -- Introduction -- 1 The power of the powerless -- 2 Spiritual values, independent initiatives and politics -- 3 Catholicism and politics -- 4 On the question of Chartism -- 5 The human rights movement and social progress -- 6 Prospects for democracy and socialism in eastern Europe -- 7 Chartism and 'real socialism' -- 8 Who really is isolated? -- 9 The alternative community as revolutionary avant-garde -- 10 Thoughts inside a tightly-corked bottle -- 11 On not living in hatred -- Appendix Charter 77 Declaration

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