Politics with a Spiritual Dimension': Václav Havel in the Context of Eastern Philosophy and Religion
This article analyses the work of Václav Havel in order to explore some possibilities for integrating Eastern spiritual and philosophical perspectives within Western political and academic discourses. In particular I focus on a difference of opinion in the literature on Havel over whether to categor...
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[2014]
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-93 |
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Eastern Religion
B Kashmir Shavism B Vaclav Havel B Eastern philosophy B Politics |
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