An Uncanny Era: Conversations between V?clav Havel and Adam Michnik by Elzbieta

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE An Uncanny Era by Elzbieta Matynia The first publication in book form of the historic postrevolution conversations between activist playwright and Czech president Vaclav Havel and Polish journalist Adam Michnik FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first publication in book form of the historic postrevolution conversations between activist playwright and Czech president Vaclav Havel and Polish journalist Adam Michnik Czech playwright and dissident Vaclav Havel first encountered Polish historian and dissident Adam Michnik in 1978 at a clandestine meeting on a mountaintop along the Polish-Czechoslovak border. This initial meeting of two extraordinary thinkers who "plotted" democracy, and designed an effective peaceful strategy for dismantling authoritarian regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, resulted in a lifelong friendship and an extraordinary set of bold conversations conducted over the next two postrevolutionary decades. Havel, president of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, and Michnik, editor-in-chief of the largest daily newspaper in the region, provide rare insights into the post-1989 challenges to building new democratic institutions and new habits in the context of an increasingly unsettling political culture. With both dismay and humor, their fascinating exchanges wrestle with the essential question of postrevolutionary life: How does one preserve the revolutions ideals in the real world? At once historically immediate and politically universal, the Havel-Michnik conversations have never before been collected in a single volume in any language. Notes Conversations between Vaclav Havel and Adam Michnik conducted over 2 post-revolutionary decades. Author Biography Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of the Warsaw daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. Writer and dramatist Václav Havel (1936–2011) was the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic. Elzbieta Matynia is professor of sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York City and at the University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw, Poland. Review "An Uncanny Era is an excellent read, and will have exceptional intellectual and political import."—Iván Zoltán Dénes, Founding President, István Bibó Center for Advanced Studies of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Budapest"These reflective interlocutors--at once introspective and outward-looking--urgently implore us to navigate hazardous roads that join ethics to politics. Spanning three fateful decades, this riveting book of their conversations offers a great gift, not simply for historians and analysts of East Europe and post-Communism, but for anyone concerned with modern history, the character of democracy, and the role of ideas in public life."--Ira Katznelson, author of Liberalisms Crooked Circle: Letters to Adam Michnik Review Quote "Michnik reads history three-dimensionally, with one eye on the past and the other on the present. Its a pleasure to watch him at work . . . . I see Michnik as an almost Miltonic figure, who understands that the greatness of a country . . . lies not in its military might, but in its capacity, even in a time of war and grave external threats, to engage in fearless, unfettered public debate about the great ideas of the day."--Paul Wilson, The New York Review of Books "There is no question that even beginning students of the region should continue to read Havel and Michnik."--Padraic Kenney, Slavic Review " An Uncanny Era is an excellent read, and will have exceptional intellectual and political import."--Iv Details ISBN0300204035 Publisher Yale University Press Year 2014 ISBN-10 0300204035 ISBN-13 9780300204032 Format Hardcover Short Title UNCANNY ERA Language English Translator Elzbieta Matynia Media Book Imprint Yale University Press Place of Publication New Haven Country of Publication United States Illustrations 1 b-w illus. Pages 264 AU Release Date 2014-05-27 NZ Release Date 2014-05-27 US Release Date 2014-05-27 Publication Date 2014-05-27 UK Release Date 2014-05-27 Author Elzbieta Matynia Subtitle Conversations between Václav Havel and Adam Michnik DEWEY 320.94709049 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161679926;

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