O „Moci bezmocných“ po čtyřiceti letech
On “The Power of the Powerless” forty years later

Summary/Abstract: Suk, Jiří and Kristina Andělová (eds.): „Jednoho dne se v našem zelináři cosi vzbouří“: Eseje o „Moci bezmocných“. Prague: Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., 2016, 309 pp., ISBN 978-80-7285-200-0. A review of a collection in which thirty authors and authoresses are contemplating and pondering of Václav Havel’s famous essay The Power of the Powerless forty years since its samizdat edition (1978) was first published in German in the Munich-based Bohemia journal, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2017), p. 250 n. The reviewer states that The Power of the Powerless has so far been translated into twenty-two languages and in many authoritarian regimes it is perceived as highly topical. He points at certain continuities in Havel’s thoughts about politics, appreciates the diverse character of the texts written for the collection, and presents some author’s views on Havel’s essay. In his opinion, the collection is an important contribution to the understanding of the period of late Socialism, and also presents evidence of Havel’s thinking as a continuous source of inspiration.

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