The Power of the Powerless

The Power of the Powerless
Author: Vaclav Havel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315487357

Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception. Written shortly after the formation of Charter 77, the essays in this collection are among the most original and compelling pieces of political writing to have emerged from central and Eastern Europe during the whole of the post-war period. Václav Havel’s essay provides the title for the book. It was read by all the contributors who in turn responded to the many questions which Havel raises about the potential power of the powerless. The essays explain the anti-democratic features and limits of Soviet-type totalitarian systems of power. They discuss such concepts as ideology, democracy, civil liberty, law and the state from a perspective which is radically different from that of people living in liberal western democracies. The authors also discuss the prospects for democratic change under totalitarian conditions. Steven Lukes’ introduction provides an invaluable political and historical context for these writings. The authors represent a very broad spectrum of democratic opinion, including liberal, conservative and socialist.

Power and Powerlessness

Power and Powerlessness
Author: John Gaventa
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780252009853

Explains to outsiders the conflicts between the financial interests of the coal and land companies and the moral rights of the vulnerable mountaineers.

The Power of the Powerless

The Power of the Powerless
Author: Jürgen Moltmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1983
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780334012788

A collection of Juergen Moltmann's sermons on the themes of power and powerlessness."

The Politics of Small Things

The Politics of Small Things
Author: Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2008-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226301117

Political change doesn’t always begin with a bang; it often starts with just a whisper. From the discussions around kitchen tables that led to the dismantling of the Soviet bloc to the more recent emergence of Internet initiatives like MoveOn.org and Redeem the Vote that are revolutionizing the American political landscape, consequential political life develops in small spaces where dialogue generates political power. In The Politics of Small Things, Jeffrey Goldfarb provides an innovative way for understanding politics, a way of appreciating the significance of politics at the micro level by comparatively analyzing key turning points and institutions in recent history. He presents a sociology of human interactions that lead from small to large: dissent around the old Soviet bloc; life on the streets in Warsaw, Prague, and Bucharest in 1989; the network of terror that spawned 9/11; and the religious and Internet mobilizations that transformed the 2004 presidential election, to name a few. In such pivotal moments, he masterfully shows, political autonomy can be generated, presenting alternatives to the big politics of the global stage and the dominant narratives of terrorism, antiterrorism, and globalization.

Powerless

Powerless
Author: Matthew Cody
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375893539

Superheroes soar in this promising debut—and they’re kids! Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they’re haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Is a memory-stealing supervillain sapping their powers? The answers lie in a long-ago meteor strike, a World War II–era comic book (Fantastic Futures, starring the first superhero, Johnny Noble), the green-flamed Witch Fire, a hidden Shroud cave, and—possibly, unbelievably—“powerless” regular-kid Daniel himself. Superhero kids meet comic book mystery in this action-filled debut about the true meaning of a hero.

The Garden Party and Other Plays

The Garden Party and Other Plays
Author: Václav Havel
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1993
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802133076

Gathered together here for the first time are seven plays that span Havel's career from his early days at the Theater of the Balustrade through the Prague Spring, Charter 77, and the repeated imprisonments that made Havel's name into a rallying cry and propelled him to the leadership of his country. They include The Garden Party, The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, Mistake, the Vanek trilogy of Audience, Unveiling, and Protest, and the first fully corrected English version of The Memorandum--the play that won Havel the Obie for Best Foreign Play in 1968.

The Poor and the Powerless

The Poor and the Powerless
Author: Clive Y. Thomas
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 0853457441

Argues that another form of development — by the poor and for the poor — is not only possible but necessary.

Open Letters

Open Letters
Author: Václav Havel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 415
Release: 1991
Genre: Authors, Czech
ISBN: 9780571165216

Virtually everything Vaclav Havel has ever written has acquired a new resonance, whether ironic, artistic, philosophical or political, since he became President of his country in 1989. This selection of his prose ranges in time from the early 1960s to his New Year message of 1990.