Civic Freedom in Central Europe: Voices from Czechoslovakia

by H.Gordon Skilling

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349111190
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed. 1991
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of 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 Paka versus Vaclav Benda. Part 4 The rebirth of politics: Vaclav Havel - cards on the table; democracy for all.