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Václav Havel & The Power of the Powerless w/ Flagg Taylor

Evangelization & Culture Podcast

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Reconstructing Dissent: The Parallel Polis

This chapter explores Voslav Benda's concept of the parallel polis in former Czechoslovakia, focusing on the establishment of alternative institutions to engage individuals in dissent. It discusses the rebuilding of civil society to mobilize people towards dissent and analyzes the subtle ways in which individuals conform to oppressive systems in totalitarian regimes.

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