{"product_id":"9781784875046","title":"The Power of the Powerless by Timothy Snyder","description":"V?clav Havel's remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the grocer's unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves?  Written in 1978, V?clav Havel's meditation on political dissent - the rituals of its suppression, and the sparks that re-ignite it - would prove the guiding manifesto for uniting Solidarity movements across the Soviet Union. A portrait of activism in the face of falsehood and intimidation, The Power of the Powerless remains a rousing call against the allure of apathy.   'Havel's diagnosis of political pathologies has a special resonance in the age of Trump' Pankaj Mishra\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206229557426,"sku":"9781784875046","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781784875046.jpg?v=1705412731","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781784875046","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}