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The Power of the Powerless (Czech: Moc bezmocných) is an expansive political essay written in October 1978 by the Czech dramatist, political dissident and later politician, Václav Havel. The essay dissects the nature of the communist regime of the time, life within such a regime and how by their very nature such regimes can create dissidents of ordinary citizens. The essay goes on to discuss ideas and possible actions by loose communities of individuals linked by a common cause, such as Charter 77. Officially suppressed, the essay was circulated in samizdat form and translated into multiple languages. It became a manifesto for dissent in Czechoslovakia, Poland and other communist regimes.


Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He wrote over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. He received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order...

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  • 救赎pacer
    哈维尔的核心是“活在真实中”,而后极权主义的核心特点是一种虚伪的意识形态、官僚和仪式组成的虚假,要回到真实中,就必须在生活的各方面与之对抗。这和将在这个社会感受到的不自由简单地理解为政治制度上的民主/专制之分,甚至是认为仅仅建立一套西方代议制就能解决社会的大部分问题的观点比,更加深刻而具有预见性。后极权社会的表现是消费主义和工业社会(或后工业社会)的特殊形式,其部分特点也在西方社会显现。要“活在真实中”不仅要有反抗的勇气,也要认识到“从小处着手”的改良尝试最终都会因为揭开社会意识形态的虚伪根基而成为“异见者”,后极权社会的包括法律在内的制度也是其虚伪意识形态的合法外衣,在那些字面上保护权利的条款中遮盖一种虚伪;同时,一种超越东/西和狭义政治制度的“存在性革命”要求在生活各处得真诚。2021-05-29
  • magnus
    https://www.ximalaya.com/youshengshu/2998012/ 胡萨克公开信,无权者的权力,1990新年献词,经典爽文,适宜背诵2019-11-05
  • windyAJM
    哈维尔推崇的存在的革命让人类能真正的回归自我 以及对后极权主义的描述 现在这个环境看起来真的五味杂陈 也感受到哈维尔与我们现在一样的无力感2019-10-08

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