dostępność: Termin ukazania się ksiązki: 2026-04-22
In an engaging style, not lacking in irony and detachment, Milan Šimečka describes the process of restoring order and its result-so-called real socialism-in a brilliant analysis of the normalization” regime in Czechoslovakia that came to power after the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring of 1968. These poignant reflections and essays coincided with Šimečkas first-hand experience of the consequences of the times political and cultural purges. This second edition of Cold War classics, first written between 1975 and 1977, with a new preface from Martin Šimečka and afterword from Martin Bútora, highlights chilling parallels with contemporary political developments and current civic and ethical questions.