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Václav Havel's Meanings: His Key Words and Their Legacy

Václav Havel's Meanings: His Key Words and Their Legacy

This book goes deeper than any before into the enduring meaning of Václav Havel’s legacy, by exploring key words across his texts.

2024

David Danaher (Editor), et al.

David Danaher (Editor), Kieran Williams (Editor)

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Moscow, August 1991

Here are some pictures I took during the failed coup in Moscow in 1991. I have not been back since then, but I found some of the locations…

Aug 14, 2019

Moscow, August 1991

Aug 14, 2019

Parliamentary America by Maxwell L. Stearns: a friendly critical review

It is often said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. It could also be said that it is easier to…

Mar 10, 2024

Parliamentary America by Maxwell L. Stearns: a friendly critical review

Mar 10, 2024

What is wrong globally with domestic politics, and could the UN Pact for the Future help?

Thoughts prepared for the 2024 Global Citizen Forum at Drake University

Feb 17, 2024

What is wrong globally with domestic politics, and could the UN Pact for the Future help?

Feb 17, 2024

The Czech legislature’s secret session on the breakup of Czechoslovakia

In May 1991, the Czech National Council went into closed session to hear a report from the prime minister on contingency planning for the…

Jun 18, 2022

The Czech legislature’s secret session on the breakup of Czechoslovakia

Jun 18, 2022

First impressions and mixed feelings about Pl. ÚS 44/17

Judicial review of the electoral process is always a fraught thing. Depending on the outcome of a case, it will be welcomed by some as…

Feb 19, 2021

First impressions and mixed feelings about Pl. ÚS 44/17

Feb 19, 2021

Václav Havel’s “Letters to Olga” as a covid companion

Why prison letters from 40 years ago are timely now.

Dec 18, 2020

Václav Havel’s “Letters to Olga” as a covid companion

Dec 18, 2020

My Sweet Little Village Election

At what point might the publicity that comes with holding office amount to undue influence at the next election?

Apr 28, 2019

My Sweet Little Village Election

Apr 28, 2019

Czech gun rights, the EU, and the spectre of a year ending in eight

In 2017, gun rights became a hot-button issue in Czech politics. It did so in response to moves by the European Union, but it was also an…

Dec 26, 2017

Czech gun rights, the EU, and the spectre of a year ending in eight

Dec 26, 2017

Václav Havel’s “Leaving” and the Toxic Aging Narcissist in a Baseball Hat

Ten years ago, Václav Havel published his final play, Odcházení (“Leaving” or “Exiting”). When I first read it, I was disappointed. I came…

Dec 7, 2017

Václav Havel’s “Leaving” and the Toxic Aging Narcissist in a Baseball Hat

Dec 7, 2017

Václav Havel’s Word to the Class of 2017

Hillary Clinton quoted the Czech writer and statesman Václav Havel in her commencement speech at Wellesley on May 26. But if he were alive…

Jun 3, 2017

Václav Havel’s Word to the Class of 2017

Jun 3, 2017

Kieran D Williams

Kieran D Williams

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Comparative political scientist. Views expressed here are my own and not those of my employer. https://www.drake.edu/polsci/facultystaff/kieranwilliams/

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