Václav Havel

however. Based on the readings of Virginia Woolf, Vaclav Havel, and Frederick Douglass I think that…

survive, power must constitute its own awareness and its own system of believes. To that the only opponent is the truth, because any act that questions and disputes the false premises of what power is composed upon is in itself a threat to power. To live under a post-totalitarian regime or any other regime is to live under constant order from the authority. To maintain power the regime depends on order from the people, therefore anarchy and discord weakens the regime becoming a threat to its…

A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989 A carnival is full of boisterous activities, a time for merriment, joy, and perhaps fear. This carnival that Padraic Kenney describes is full of many roller coasters, the carnival of revolution in Central Europe that would help culminate to form the end of the Soviet Union. Indeed, the times of the 1988-1989 became a circus, with three countries in particular that Kenney specifically visits. The countries of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland each…

“Chucha shakes me awake. Sunlight is streaming in through the jalousie windows. Before I can ask her what’s the matter, gangster men in their dark glasses storm into the room, thrusting their guns here and there in the corners of the closet and under my bed, in search of something they can not find. Chucha and I clutch each other and watch the men pulling open drawers, throwing my clothes into the floor. Soon another bunch of men come into the room, pushing Mami in her nightgown before them.…

The Kama Sutra is one of the most popular ancient Indian texts today, known widely for its erotic content and plethora of sexual positions. Contrary to western popular perception, the Kama Sutra is not exclusively a sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family, life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. The Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian text compiled by Vatsyayana, is a guide to all…