Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780520061750
Publisert
1986-08-06
Utgiver
Vendor
University of California Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter
Oversetter
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Adam Michnik is a historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and the editor-in-chief of Poland's largest newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Among the voices that speak to us from Poland today, the most important may be that of Adam Michnik. Michnik now sits in a jail belonging to the totalitarian regime, yet his first concern--and herein lies one of the keys to his thinking, and one should add, to his character--is with the quality of his own conduct, which, together with teh conduct of other victims of the present situation, will, he is sure, one day set the tone for whatever political system follows the totalitarian debacle. His essays are the most valuable guide we have to the origins of the revolution, and, more particularly, to its innovative practices.
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The author sits in a jail belonging to the totalitarian regime, yet his first concern. In this book, his essays are a guide to the origins of the revolution, and, more particularly, to its innovative practices.
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Foreword by Czeslaw Milosz Introduction by Jonathan Schell Letters from Prison Why You Are Not Signing... Why You Are Not Emigrating... The Polish War On Resistance A Letter to General Kiszczak About the Elections Letter from the Gdansk Prison, 1985 Solidarity A Time of Hope Hope and Danger Darkness on the Horizon A Year Has Passed The Democratic Opposition A New Evolutionism Some Remarks on the Opposition and the General Situation in Poland The Prague Spring Ten Years Later A Lesson in Dignity Maggots and Angels Historical Essays Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors The Dispute over Organic Work 1863: Poland in Russian Eyes Conversation in the Citadel Index
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"Michnik is an original, strong voice, and the fierce eloquence of his prose comes across in this translation."--Publishers Weekly "This former Wunderkind of KOR, now just 40, is at his liveliest and most penetrating in this selection of historical and policial essays from the past decade."--Martin Malia, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Adam Michnik's eloquent plea for democratic values represents a lesson to us all."--William Echikson, Christian Science Monitor
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780520061750
Publisert
1986-08-06
Utgiver
Vendor
University of California Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter
Oversetter
Foreword by
Introduksjon ved