Full Description
Recording the views of dissidents on the nature of their own activities, this book contains over 20 short essays by a number of leading people from Charter 77. Contributors include Vaclav Havel, Eva Kanturkova, Libuse Silhanova, and Zdenek Rotrekl.
Contents
Part 1 The central and East European context. Part 2 Thoughts from Czechoslovakia: Vaclav Benda - parallel polis (1978); responses - anonymous, Vaclav Benda, Jiri Dientsbier, Vaclav Havel, Ladislav Hejdanek, Ivan Jirous, Eva Kanturkova, Iva Kotrla, Vaclav Maly, Radim Palous, Petr Pithart, Zdenek Rotrekl, Jaroslav Sabata, Jirina Siklova, Libuse Silhanova, Milan Simecka, Jan Simsa, Jozef Zverina. Part 3 Parallel polis twelve years later: Martin Palous - Jan Patocka versus Vaclav Benda. Part 4 The rebirth of politics: Vaclav Havel - cards on the table; democracy for all.
