Vaclav Havel (1936–2011) on ideological enslavement (1978)

Vaclav Havel:

The power structure is enslaved by its own ideology and its ideological prestige.

“The Power of the Powerless,” XVII, Paul Wilson tr. The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central-Eastern Europe, edited by John Keane, with an Introduction by Steven Lukes (London: Hutchinson, 1985). On-line at http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/archive/files/havel-power-of-the-powerless_be62e5917d.pdf, accessed 20111218. See also http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/index.php?sec=2&id=5&setln=2

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