Recalling Masaryk's The Czech Question
Humanity and Politics on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century
Published on 16. February 2023
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-90-04-53490-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents T. G. Masaryk's efforts to shape the identity of a small nation in late the 19th and early 20th century. It features contributions from leading Czech scholars who analyse Masaryk's efforts 120 years later. Masaryk is considered the most important figure in modern Czech history. Drawing on the ideas of his ideological predecessors and humanists, he wanted to integrate the Czech nation into the family of advanced world nations in line with international intellectual trends. Masaryk was the first in world history to fulfil the Platonic ideal of a philosopher who founded a state.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
623 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-53490-2 (9789004534902)
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Jan Svoboda received his Ph.D. from the Philosophical Faculty at Palacky University Olomouc in 2015 and is currently a research fellow at the Department for the Study of Modern Czech Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His publications include Masarykuv realismus a filosofie pozitivismu (Masaryk's Realism and Philosophy of Positivism) (Prague, 2017) and 'Whitehead's Interpretation of Plato's "Receptacle" and the Parallels with the Concept of "Eternal Objects"', in: Noema: Rivista online di filosofia, (2020).
Ales Prazny received his habilitation from Charles University in Prague in 2016 and has been an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice since 2002. His publications include O smyslu politiky. Politicka filosofie Hannah Arendtove (The Meaning of Politics. The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt) (Pardubice, 2014) and 'New Education and Dewey?s Pragmatism', in: Pragmatism Today (2021).
Ales Prazny received his habilitation from Charles University in Prague in 2016 and has been an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice since 2002. His publications include O smyslu politiky. Politicka filosofie Hannah Arendtove (The Meaning of Politics. The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt) (Pardubice, 2014) and 'New Education and Dewey?s Pragmatism', in: Pragmatism Today (2021).
Content
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
??Jan? ?Svoboda?? and ??Ale?s?? ?Pr?a?zn?y??????
part? 1?
The Historical Context of Masaryk's? Czech Question?
1?Understanding the Debate around the 'Czech Question' in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
??Miroslav? ?Hroch?????
2?Modern Czech State-Formation
??Robert? ?Kva?c?ek?????
3?The Czech Question in Its Time
??Milo?s?? ?Havelka??????
part? 2?
Ethics as the Heart of Philosophy?
4?Modernism and Transcendence from the Perspective of Masaryk's Realism
??Jan? ?Svoboda?????
5?Masaryk's Ethics
??Wendy? ?Drozenov?a??????
6?T. G. Masaryk's Thoughts on Jan Kollar's Idea of Humanity
??Vasil? ?Gluchman??????
part? 3?
The Pro-Masaryk View of the? Czech Question?
7?The Legacy of Masaryk's Idea of Enlightened Humanism
??Vlastimil? ?Z?a?tka?????
8?The Czech Question and the Principle of Federalism
??Milan? ?Znoj?????
9?Masaryk's Czech Question and the Idea of the Czech State
??Miloslav? ?Bedn?ar??????
10?The Czech Question as the Task of a Humanist Education
??Ale?s?? ?Pr?a?zn?y???????
part? 4?
The Anti-Masaryk View of the? Czech Question?
11?Masaryk's Philosophy of Czech History from the Perspective of Popper's Critigue of Historicism
??Otakar A.? ?Funda?????
12?Criticism of the Czech Question???
??Martin? ??S?imsa?????
13?The Anti-political Nation in Bohemia and Moravia
??V?a?clav? ?B?e?lohradsk?y???????
part? 5?
The Word of a Politician in Exile?
14?Humanism as the Motivation of Politics or Masaryk's Czech Question? Today
??Karel? ?Hrub?y???????
part? 6?
The Word of a Pastor?
15?T. G. Masaryk and Our Times
??Jakub S.? ?Trojan??????
Epilogue of Chairman of the Sekyra Foundation The Return of the Czech Question
??Lud?e?k? ?Sekyra?????
Index
Introduction
??Jan? ?Svoboda?? and ??Ale?s?? ?Pr?a?zn?y??????
part? 1?
The Historical Context of Masaryk's? Czech Question?
1?Understanding the Debate around the 'Czech Question' in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
??Miroslav? ?Hroch?????
2?Modern Czech State-Formation
??Robert? ?Kva?c?ek?????
3?The Czech Question in Its Time
??Milo?s?? ?Havelka??????
part? 2?
Ethics as the Heart of Philosophy?
4?Modernism and Transcendence from the Perspective of Masaryk's Realism
??Jan? ?Svoboda?????
5?Masaryk's Ethics
??Wendy? ?Drozenov?a??????
6?T. G. Masaryk's Thoughts on Jan Kollar's Idea of Humanity
??Vasil? ?Gluchman??????
part? 3?
The Pro-Masaryk View of the? Czech Question?
7?The Legacy of Masaryk's Idea of Enlightened Humanism
??Vlastimil? ?Z?a?tka?????
8?The Czech Question and the Principle of Federalism
??Milan? ?Znoj?????
9?Masaryk's Czech Question and the Idea of the Czech State
??Miloslav? ?Bedn?ar??????
10?The Czech Question as the Task of a Humanist Education
??Ale?s?? ?Pr?a?zn?y???????
part? 4?
The Anti-Masaryk View of the? Czech Question?
11?Masaryk's Philosophy of Czech History from the Perspective of Popper's Critigue of Historicism
??Otakar A.? ?Funda?????
12?Criticism of the Czech Question???
??Martin? ??S?imsa?????
13?The Anti-political Nation in Bohemia and Moravia
??V?a?clav? ?B?e?lohradsk?y???????
part? 5?
The Word of a Politician in Exile?
14?Humanism as the Motivation of Politics or Masaryk's Czech Question? Today
??Karel? ?Hrub?y???????
part? 6?
The Word of a Pastor?
15?T. G. Masaryk and Our Times
??Jakub S.? ?Trojan??????
Epilogue of Chairman of the Sekyra Foundation The Return of the Czech Question
??Lud?e?k? ?Sekyra?????
Index