The Art of the Impossible Politics and Morality in Practice Speeches and Writings, 1990 - 1996 Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson and others Alfred A. Knopf New York Toronto 1997 |
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The Art of the Impossible Politics and Morality in Practice Speeches and Writings, 1990 - 1996 Translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson and others Alfred A. Knopf New York Toronto 1997 |
Contents
New Year's Address to the Nation
Prague, January 1, 1990
A Joint Session of the U.S. Congress
Washington, D.C., February 21, 1990
The Visit of German President Richard von Weizsacker
Prague, March 15, 1990
The Hebrew University
Jerusalem, April 26, 1990
The Council of Europe
Strasbourg, May 10, 1990
The Salzburg Festival
Salzburg, July 26, 1990
The Oslo Conference on "The Anatomy of Hate"
Oslo, August 28, 1990
The United Nations World Summit for Children
New York City, September 30, 1990
The Sonning Prize
Copenhagen, May 28, 1991
A Concert in Memory of Czechoslovak Holocaust Victims
Prague, October 19, 1991
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, October 25, 1991
New York University
New York City, October 27, 1991
World Economic Forum
Davos, Switzerland, February 4, 1992
Asahi Hall
Tokyo, April 23, 1992
The Academy of Humanities and Political Sciences
Paris, October 27, 1992
Wroclaw University
Wroclaw, Poland, December 21, 1992
The George Washington University
Washington D.C., April 22, 1993
The Onassis Prize for Man and Mankind
Athens, May 24, 1993
The Council of Europe Summit
Vienna, October 8, 1993
The Co-responsibility of the West
December 22, 1993
New Year's Address to the Nation
Prague, January 1, 1994
The Indira Gandhi Prize
New Delhi, February 8, 1994
International Theater Day
Prague, March 27, 1994
The Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Philadelphia, July 4, 1994
The Jackson H. Ralston Prize, Stanford University
Stanford, September 29, 1994
The World Congress of the International PEN Club
Prague, November 7, 1994
The 1998 Geuzenpenning
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, March 13, 1995
National Press Club
Canberra, Australia, March 29, 1995
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand, March 31, 1995
Catalonia International Prize
Barcelona, May 11, 1995
Harvard University
Cambridge, June 8, 1995
Conclusion of the Month of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Czech Republic
Prague, October 13, 1995
The Future of Hope Conference
Hiroshima, December 5, 1995
Trinity College
Dublin, June 28, 1996
Academy of Performing Arts
Prague, October 4, 1996
Notes
Index
Copyright © 1994, I997 by Václav Havel and Paul Wilson
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, and distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Published simultaneously in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, and distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Many of the selections in this work were first published in the Czech Republic as part of Toward a Civil Society by Lidové Noviny Publishing House, Ltd., Prague, in 1994
Portions of this work were originally published in somewhat different form in Foreign Affair, Harper's, Harvard Magazine, The New York Review of Books, and The Spectator.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Havel, Vaclav.
The art of the impossible : politics as morality in practice / by Vaclav Havel ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson and others. - 1st ed.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Havel, Vaclav.
The art of the impossible : politics as morality in practice / by Vaclav Havel ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson and
others. - 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-679-45106-4 (hc : alk. paper)
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Havel, Vaclav
The art of the impossible : politics as morality in practice Selected writings, 1990-1996, translated from Czech.
ISBN 0-676-97049-4
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Edition