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Between Kundera and Havel [1] I am picking Havel 7 days a week. If you have a bit of time give read to Havel's timeless 'Power of the Powerless' [2] which chall
by Scea91 3y ago
Between Kundera and Havel [1] I am picking Havel 7 days a week. If you have a bit of time give read to Havel's timeless 'Power of the Powerless' [2] which challenges Kundera's world view.
[1] https://reason.com/2023/07/14/milan-kunderas-eternal-feud-with-vaclav-havel/ https://reason.com/2023/07/14/milan-kunderas-eternal-feud-wi...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=72_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML https://web.archive.org/web/20120107141633/http://www.vaclav...
- slibhb 3y agoDepends on the rubric. Kundera was a much better writer.
- morbicer 3y agoTo me, Kundera is a better writer. Havel is a better thinker and better person overall.
- ycombinete 3y agoSummer Meditations deeply affected me as a student studying politics. Unbearable Lightness of being had a similar effect on me a few years later.