{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-impossible-politics-as-morality-in-practice-9780676970494","title":"The Art Of The Impossible: Politics As Morality In Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Vclav Havel  reluctant president of the Czech Republic  has inspired the global community by setting a standard of political vision and conduct rarely matched in this century\" (Toronto Star). He now gives us a book of the most profound decency and simple eloquence.  Would Canada  could Canada  ever elect a prime minister who had uttered the following?  \"Everything I encounter displays to me its absurd aspect first. I feel as though I am constantly lagging behind powerful  self-confident men  ...essentially hateful   deserving only mockery.\"  Playwright and president Vclav Havel seems  to some  an unlikely leader. Social activist and philosopher  Havel was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for his involvement in the Czech civil rights movement in 1979. Only a decade later  he was elected president.  The Art of the Impossible is a collection of Havels most thought-provoking writings on such subjects as democracy  the phenomenon of hate  the role of the intellectual  and the state of our global civilization. Together they comprise an overall philosophy of responsible existence and ethical politics  unlike any other put forth this century  and which we sorely need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651911245877,"sku":"ByrdShop_0676970494","price":79.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780676970494.jpg?v=1781844914","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-impossible-politics-as-morality-in-practice-9780676970494","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}