Power of the Powerless (Routledge Revivals)

‘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

• 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