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portada Summer Meditations
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
1993
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.2x13.2x1.3 cm
Weight
0.20 kg.
ISBN
0679744975
ISBN13
9780679744979

Summer Meditations

Václav Havel (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

Summer Meditations - Václav Havel

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Synopsis "Summer Meditations "

In a book written while he was president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel combines the same powerful eloquence, moral passion, and abiding wisdom that informed his writing as a dissident and playwright, with a candor unprecedented from one with the broad perspective and infinite responsibility of governing a country. Havel, now president of the Czech Republic, addresses the legacy of Communism as the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution gives way to a more problematic reality. Yet even as he grapples with the challenges of political change, he affirms his belief in a politics motivated by moral responsibility; in an economy tempered by compassion; and in the central roles of art and culture in the transformation of society. Summer Meditations is not only a timely and necessary testament of events in Eastern Europe but a profound reflection upon the nature and practice of politics and a stirring call for morality, civility, and openness in public life throughout the world.
Václav Havel
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Václav Havel (1936–2011) fue un dramaturgo, ensayista y pensador político checo cuya obra combinó lucidez moral, ironía y una crítica frontal al totalitarismo. Vinculado al teatro del absurdo, sus primeras piezas —como La fiesta del jardín o El memorándum— retratan la alienación burocrática y el lenguaje como instrumento de poder. Paralelamente, sus ensayos cívicos lo convirtieron en una de las voces más lúcidas de la disidencia en Europa del Este, con El poder de los sin poder como texto clave sobre responsabilidad individual y verdad frente a la opresión.

Tras la Revolución de Terciopelo, Havel pasó de disidente perseguido a presidente de Checoslovaquia y luego de la República Checa, sin abandonar su vocación intelectual. Recibió, entre otros reconocimientos, el Premio Sájarov del Parlamento Europeo y el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Cooperación Internacional. Su legado une ética, política y literatura con una coherencia poco común.
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