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Moştenirea Chartei 77
The Charter 77 Legacy

Author(s): Jacques Rupnik
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: Charter 77; Jan Patočka; Václav Havel; dissidence; pluralism; tolerance; dictatorship; Human Rights; totalitarianism; civil society; democratic politics; political liberalism

Summary/Abstract: The legacy of the Charter 77 can be defined as faith in a culture of pluralism and tolerance, as the efforts to re-establish an independent public opinion under dictatorship It can be considered also the embryo pf a European public opinion that concentrated its attention on the future of democratic politics and on transcending the division of Europe.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 109
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Romanian
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