Power of the Powerless

Václav Havel's essay "The Power of the Powerless" is a powerful call against the tyranny of apathy and a reminder of the importance of activism in the face of falsehood and intimidation. Written in 1978, it remains a relevant and inspiring guide for uniting Solidarity movements and fighting against the allure of apathy.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 176 pages
\n Publication date: 27 September 2018
\n Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Václav 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, Václav 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

\n Weight: 100g\n
Dimension: 111 x 176 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781784875046\n \n