October 1, 2004

Václav Havel and the Role of Civil Society in the Czech Republic

By RICHARD BYRNE

The playwright and dissident Václav Havel made history when he became Czechoslovakia's president after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution." In Václav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age (Rowman & Littlefield), James F. Pontuso traces Mr. Havel's political philosophy in his life and art. Mr. Pontuso, a professor of political science at Hampden-Sydney College, writes that "against all odds, Havel survived, physically and politically."

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