Václav Havel

  • Václav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age
    By James F. Pontuso, Charles Patterson Professor of Government & Foreign Affairs James F Pontuso

    11 Edward E. Ericson Jr. praises Havel exactly because Havel relies on a transcendent explanation of human morals . Ericson argues that Havel's views are " remarkably similar " to those of the Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn .

  • Vaclav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age
    By James F. Pontuso

    James Q. Wilson, Moral Sense (New York: Free Press, 1993), 49. 30. Václav Havel, The Art ofthe Impossible, trans. Paul Wilson and others (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), 147. 31. Václav Havel,“Substantial Extracts from a Speech to ...

  • Vaclav Havel: Une vie
    By Michael Zantovsky

    Michael Žantovský, ancien porte-parole de Havel et ami de dissidence depuis la fin des années 1970, fut un témoin privilégié de toutes ces années.

  • Václav Havel
    By Kieran Williams

    Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident—via his poetry, plays, and essays—in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule.

  • Václav Havel
    By Eda Kriseová

    Václav Havel

  • Václav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age
    By James F. Pontuso

    In Václav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age, James F. Pontuso argues that Havel's life as a dissident and political leader, his political philosophy, and his plays must be understood as connected to one another.

  • Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy In Six Acts
    By John Keane

    This authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is not only the first definitive account of one of the modern world's great moral and political leaders but also a vivid panorama of ...

  • Václav Havel: The Authorized Biography
    By Eda Kriseová

    Profiles the Czechoslovak president who led the dissident movement to success over Communist control

  • Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy In Six Acts
    By John Keane

    An authorized portrait based on interviews with the political leader, those closest to him, and his enemies sets his life against the tumultuous events surrounding his career and demonstrates his contributions to the political and moral ...

  • Václav Havel: Or Living in Truth
    By Václav Havel

    Gathers essays by the Czech playwright, and includes writings by other authors in his honor."

  • Václav Havel: The Intellectual Conscience of International Politics : an Introduction, Appreciation, and Critique
    By James W. Sire

    James Sire provides an introduction and critique of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating figures.

  • Vaclav Havel: The Authorized Biography
    By Eda Kriseová

    Vaclav Havel: The Authorized Biography