Jiri Pehe (32 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. "It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future," muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. "remarkable"-Vaclav Havel. A captivating three-generational saga set in the twentieth century, beginning when time was linear and ending with a less well-defined notion of progress. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. "It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future," muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. "remarkable"-Vaclav Havel.…

Condition: New. pp. 359.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Translator(s): Turner, Gerald. Num Pages: 359 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . .

Condition: New. pp. 359.

Condition: New. pp. 359.

Condition: New. Translator(s): Turner, Gerald. Num Pages: 359 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Politolog a spisovatel Jiri Pehe podava ve sve nove knize uceleny pohled na pusobeni Vaclava Klause v ceske i zahranicni politice. Autor je znam jako dlouholety Klausuv kritik, avsak ve svem portretu se pokousi popsat a zhodnotit nejen slabsi, ale i silne stranky teto politicke osobnosti. Vyvaruje se pri tom jak bulvarnich postupu, jako jsou ruzna senzacni odhaleni a domnenky, tak i lacinemu psychologizovani.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Kniha predstavuje vybor eseju a dalsich textu, ktere spisovatel a politolog Jiri Pehe publikoval v ruznych periodikach mezi roky 2011 a 2015. Jejich ustrednim tematem je myslenka, ze jsme svedky i aktery zasadni promeny zapadni civilizace, tak jak ji zname od doby osvicenstvi. Zatimco ,zanik" stareho sveta rozumu a modernity jsme schopni videt a analyzovat, zrod noveho, budouciho veku nasi civilizace dokazeme jen stezi zahlednout. Autor tento motiv rozebira na ruznych urovnich, at uz pomoci pojmu, jako je globalizace a globalni kapitalis!mus, narodni stat, nacionalismus, obcanska spolecnost, masova media, masova kultura, liberalni demokracie zalozena na politickych stranach a ideologiich, anebo prostrednictvim literarnich a filmovych del, jimz mnohdy vevodi bezutesny katastrofismus.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Publikace prinasi hlubsi vhledy a seriozni informace o soucasnem deni v ceske socialni demokracii, o jejich dejinach, ideovych zakladech a perspektivach v mezinarodnim srovnani. Konfrontuje nazory, postoje i osobni vztahy tri predsedu CSSD a zaroven premieru - Milose Zemana, Vladimira Spidly a Stanislava Grosse a prinasi take portrety techto osobnosti z pera znamych ceskych politickych komentatoru. Fundovaneho zamysleni nad historickym vyvojem ceske socialni demokracie od jejich pocatku az po obnoveni strany po roce 1989 se ujal profesor Zdenek Karnik. V zaverecne srovnavaci studii politolog Jakub Kylousek ukazuje na vyvoj, perspektivy a promeny socialne demokratickych stran ve stredni Evrope.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Politolog a spisovatel Jiri Pehe podava ve sve nove knize uceleny pohled na pusobeni Vaclava Klause v ceske i zahranicni politice. Autor je znam jako dlouholety Klausuv kritik, avsak ve svem portretu se pokousi popsat a zhodnotit nejen slabsi, ale i silne stranky teto politicke osobnosti. Vyvaruje se pri tom jak bulvarnich postupu, jako jsou ruzna senzacni odhaleni a domnenky, tak i lacinemu psychologizovani.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. Romanovy debut predniho ceskeho politologa vypravi pribeh s autobiografickymi prvky o hledani sebe sama v emigraci, o nesnadnem zivote v Americe, ktery je pro hlavniho hrdinu plny pochybnosti i o spolecnosti, ve ktere se nachazi. Pribeh starnouciho profesora filozofie, ktery emigroval do Ameriky v padesatych letech dvacateho stoleti, nyni po takrka dvaceti letech sleduje emigraci mladeho Josefa, syna sveho nejlepsiho pritele, ktery odmitl do ciziny odejit i kdyz vedel, ze ho v Cechach ceka smrt. Profesor s jistou nevoli sleduje zivot mladeho Josefa. Rad by poradil, pomohl, necim do Josefova zivota prispel, nepodari se mu vsak s mladym clovekem navazat osobni pouto. Teprve ve chvili, kdy se Josef za zahadnych okolnosti ztrati, pronika profesor do jeho soukromi a s uzasem sleduje, co vsechno o synovi sveho pritele nevedel.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition/First Printing. first edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, minor rubbing to wraps, minor creasing at corners.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 334pp, [2]pp publisher's ads. Pictorial laminated light card covers. 8vo. Lender applied self-adhesive semi-rigid plastic cover protection. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, shelf number label on spine. Lender's stamps and markings inside cover, endpapers first blank page, copyright and last pages. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Kniha je souborem eseju, ktere politolog a spisovatel Jiri Pehe publikoval v letech 2003-2010 prevazne v ruznych periodikach. Volne je spojuje spolecne tema - stav demokracie u nas dve desetileti po padu komunistickeho rezimu a obecne dnesni stav a vyhlidky demokracie ve svete. Pri hodnoceni demokracie u nas vidi autor diametralni rozdil mezi dosazenou urovni demokracie jako politicko-ustavniho systemu a demokracie jako stavu individualni i spolecenske mysli, strucne receno rozpor mezi institucemi a kulturou. Meni se ovsem i samotne paradigma demokracie ve svete. A to nejen v dusledku komunikacni revoluce, ale i siliciho vlivu expertniho rozumu na ukor klasicke demokraticke politiky. Jiri Pehe si vsima i dalsich obecnych jevu, jako je rust nejruznejsich nadnarodnich siti a snahy o hledani ruznych forem globalniho vladnuti.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. 'It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. "It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future," muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. "remarkable"-Vaclav Havel. A captivating three-generational saga set in the twentieth century, beginning when time was linear and ending with a less well-defined notion of progress. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Po dvou uspesnych vydanich v anglickem prekladu vychazi druhe vydani barviteho romanu Jiriho Pehe opet cesky! Pribeh sleduje dramaticke osudy tri generaci jedne rodiny s ceskymi, zidovskymi a nemeckymi koreny, ktere se prolinaji s klicovymi udalostmi 20. stoleti. Tri odlisne osobni pribehy, vypravene ruznym jazykem a stylem, reflektuji tri faze dejin, jimiz lidstvo proslo. Josef, jehoz karieru soloveho houslisty prerusila prvni svetova valka, v obsahlem dopise matce, jez se ho v detstvi vzdala, bilancuje svuj zivot. Uvedomuje si, ze jeho ukolem bylo prijmout stesti v podobe, jakou mu osud prichystal. Jeho dcera Hana dospiva behem okupace a o dvacet let pozdeji se v psychiatricke lecebne snazi pochopit, co ji zlomilo. Hleda vychodisko v situaci, kde snaha o rozpoznani radu je marna. Jeji syn Alex, uprostred studii, odchazi do emigrace, kde se stava uznavanym politologem. V New Yorku si na sklonku leta 2001 zacina psat denik, v nemz hleda odpovedi na to, jak se stal cizincem ve vlastnim zivote. Roman je vasnivou polemikou mezi rozumem a citem, pricemz do zivotu Josefa, Hany a Alexe vstupuje postava andela, ktera mozna predstavuje smysl a rad, jez i tragicke ci promarnene zivoty maji. Objevuje se v momentech, kdy nase chapani osudu selhava.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. This novel about the twentieth century begins when time was linear and ends when the notion of progress becomes less well defined. "It strikes me that Josef Brehme lived in an epoch when time still proceeded in a straight line from the past to the future," muses his grandson, the talented, handsome, and cynical Alex Brehme, in his diary in late 2001. The Brehmes' story guides the reader through revolution, war, the Holocaust, and ultimately exile and return. A novel about what man does to man and whether God intervenes. Translated by Gerald Turner. "remarkable"-Vaclav Havel.…