{"product_id":"the-power-of-the-powerless-9781784875046","title":"The Power of the Powerless","description":"\u003cp\u003eVáclav 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Vaclav Havel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFormer Czechoslovakia, Literary essays, Political structures: totalitarianism \u0026amp; dictatorship, Political control \u0026amp; freedoms, Political subversion\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 Sep 2018 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vaclav Havel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57530369802618,"sku":"9781784875046","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781784875046.jpg?v=1794093978","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/it\/products\/the-power-of-the-powerless-9781784875046","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}