Václav Havel Series – serie
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Rus–Ukraine–Russia
Scenes from the Cultural History of Russian Religiosity
Häftad, 2021
210 kr
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An outspoken opponent of pro-Russian, authoritarian, and far-right streams in contemporary Czech society, Martin C. Putna received a great deal of media attention when he ironically dedicated the Czech edition of Rus–Ukraine–Russia to Miloš Zeman—the pro-Russian president of the Czech Republic. …
Seven Letters to Melin
Essays on the Soul, Science, Art and Mortality
Häftad, 2020
177 kr
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Josef Šafařík’s Seven Letters to Melin is an exploration of man’s alienation from nature—and from himself—in the modern technological age. Conceived as a series of letters to Melin, an engineer who believes in the value of science and technical progress, the book grows skeptical of such endeavors, …
Václav Havel’s Meanings
His Key Words and Their Legacy
Av David Danaher, Kieran Williams
Häftad, 2023
221 kr
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A close read of the rich collections of texts left behind by Václav Havel, one of the most important Czech thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. No one in Czech politics or culture could match the international stature of Václav Havel at the time of his death in 2011. In the years since …
Why So Easily . . . Some Family Reasons for the Velvet Revolution
A Sociological Essay
Av Ivo Možný
Häftad, 2023
183 kr
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A famed essay examines the Velvet Revolution from a sociological perspective. Thirty-two years after its initial publication, this respected sociological essay, written in the history-making years of 1989 and 1990, is available for the first time in English. The essay tells the story of a despotic …
After the Invasion
The Soviet Army and Czech Society 1968—1991
Av Marie Cerná
Häftad, 2027
226 kr
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Analyzes the historical significance of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. This book addresses different aspects of the Soviet army’s twenty-year presence in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and 1991. It explores the circumstances of the Soviet settling in the country, immediately related to the …
Restoration of Order
The Normalization of Czechoslovakia 1969–1976
Häftad, 2026
210 kr
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This collection of Cold War essays and reflections enthralls any reader seeking a pointed dissection of the Soviet style of government and thinking.In an engaging style, not lacking in irony and detachment, Milan Šimečka describes the process of restoring order and its result—so-called real …
Architects of Long Change
The Expert Roots of Post-Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1980–1995)
Häftad, 2027
305 kr
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A thorough retort to the idea that the West led the transition from communism to liberal democracy.Architects of Long Change examines expert forms of governance and their legitimization before 1989, as well as the transfer of expert knowledge and practices of political and social management during …
Who Says Anything about Winning?
Eight Exercises in Philosophical Resignation
Häftad, 2027
262 kr
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A contemporary philosophical argument that boldly proposes resignation as the path to a fully realized self.Traditional cultures have exercises that teach people discipline. Even modern philosophers, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard, paid special attention to striving for spirituality, although …
Russian Archipelago at War Against Ukraine
Culture and Contexts 2022–2025
Av Tomáš Glanc
Häftad, 2027
270 kr
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The first sustained cultural analysis of Russia at war that reveals how art, artists, and institutions become actors in conflict.This book was conceived in wartime, and war stands at its center. It proceeds through an analysis of cultural phenomena and processes that, in one way or another, …
Lost and Found
Hidden Notes on My First Incarceration
Av Václav Havel
Häftad, 2026
278 kr
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An English translation of a lost manuscript of reflections from former Czech dissident Václav Havel. In the fall of 1977, after the dramatic events of the “Year of Charter 77,” Václav Havel wrote a report recounting the first hours after the Charter 77 Declaration, the four months of investigative …
