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02494aam a2200409 i 4500 001 9DDC042CE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 161104s2017 ne b 001 0deng 010 $a 2016040233 020 $a 9004332189 (pbk.) : alk. paper) 020 $a 9789004332188 (pbk.) : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)960462057 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d ERASA $d CDX $d OCLCF $d OHX $d YDX $d OCL $d IUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-xr--- $a e-xr--- 050 00 $a DB2241 H38 B74 2017 100 1 $a Brennan, Daniel, $d 1982- $e author. 245 14 $a The political thought of Vaclav Havel : $b philosophical influences and contemporary applications / $c by Daniel Brennan. 264 1 $a Leiden ; $b Brill Rodop, $c [2017] 300 $a vi, 189 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Value inquire book series ; $v volume 295. 490 1 $a Central-European value studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index. 520 8 $a The book considers Vaclav Havel's body of writing as a cohesive whole offering a consistent political philosophy. This bold claim is backed up through a close examination of Havel's plays, letters, essays and aphorisms. The political philosophy that a close reading of Havel reveals is a liberal one. However, Havel is not the run-of the-mill liberal having influences from the field of phenomenology, Masaryk, Husserl, Levinas Patocka and Heidegger which give him a nuanced view of the self. Havel sees the self as something always being formed. Hence for Havel man has an ability to 'shake' his current state and invite transcendence into his life. This agonistic process reveals our responsibility and liberates the self from forces which coerce behaviour. 600 10 $a Havel, Vaclav $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Havel, Vaclav $x Influence. 650 0 $a Czech literature $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x Politics and government $y 1945-1992. 651 0 $a Czech Republic $x Politics and government $y 1993- 776 08 $i Online version: $a Brennan, Daniel, 1982- author. $t Political thought of Vaclav Havel $d Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 $z 9789004332195 830 0 $a Value inquiry book series ; $v v. 295. 830 0 $a Value inquiry book series. $p Central-European value studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403015849.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9DDC042CE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search