Master Class with Prof. Marci Shore on Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerles
Promoted by
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI); University of St. Michael’s College (USMC) in the University of Toronto
Event Description
On October 13, from 5:00–7:00 p.m., please join us for a master class with Prof. Marci Shore on Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerless.
The event will be held at Sheptytsky House, 5 Elmsley Pl., on the campus of the University of St. Michael’s College.
Living in Truth: Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerless in Post-Truth Times
What if the defining problem of a “post-truth” world is not that people believe lies but that truth increasingly ceases to matter for how they act?
Join Prof. Marci Shore In reading Václav Havel’s The Power of the Powerless and reconsidering the essay’s striking way of reframing our contemporary predicament. Havel’s famous greengrocer performs ideological conformity without necessarily believing the slogans he displays. Havel thus directs our attention beyond misinformation toward the practices and institutions that make truthfulness consequential.
This seminar asks what Havel can teach us about contemporary politics, journalism, and academic life—and whether “living in truth” requires not merely better information, but social practices capable of sustaining genuine truth-seeking.
Please register here: "Living in Truth: Václav Havel's 'The Power of the Powerless' in Post-Truth Times" – Fill out form
Event Location
Ontario
