{"product_id":"trouble-with-history-morality-revolution-and-counterrevolution-hardcover","title":"Trouble with History: Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Michnik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIrena Grudzinska Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElzbieta Matynia\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant meditation on politics, morality, and history from one of the most courageous and controversial authors of our age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Renowned Eastern European author Adam Michnik was jailed for more than six years by the communist regime in Poland for his dissident activities. He was an outspoken voice for democracy in the world divided by the Iron Curtain and has remained so to the present day. In this thoughtful and provocative work, the man the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e named \"one of the 20 most influential journalists in the world\" strips fundamentalism of its religious component and examines it purely as a secular political phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Comparing modern-day Poland with postrevolutionary France, Michnik offers a stinging critique of the ideological \"virus of fundamentalism\" often shared by emerging democracies: the belief that, by using techniques of intimidating public opinion, a state governed by \"sinless individuals\" armed with a doctrine of the only correct means of organizing human relations can build a world without sin. Michnik employs deep historical analysis and keen political observation in his insightful five-point philosophical meditation on morality in public life, ingeniously expounding on history, religion, moral thought, and the present political climate in his native country and throughout Europe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Michnik\u003c\/b\u003e is editor-in-chief of the Warsaw daily newspaper \u003ci\u003eGazeta Wyborcza. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, the Imre Nagy Award, and the Goethe Prize, among many other honors. \u003cb\u003eIrena Grudzinska Gross\u003c\/b\u003e teaches East European literature at Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.5 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46029118079173,"sku":"9780300185973","price":124.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/NTM6ulwWmb9780300185973.webp?v=1775249697","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/trouble-with-history-morality-revolution-and-counterrevolution-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}