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Daniel Kroupa: Masaryk – Patočka – Havel

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: November 1, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00

Masaryk – Patočka – Havel, a new book by the academic, politician, philosopher and Charter 77 signatory Daniel Kroupa, explores the philosophies of these three Czech thinkers, whose overriding common factor is a call to action. For Masaryk, Patočka and Havel, politics was built on moral foundations. They sought a new spiritual dimension in the life of modern man, for whom neither metaphysics nor traditional religion represent a buttress. Their search also has the potential to be an inspiration to contemporary thinking when it comes to solving present-day political problems, issues surrounding the shape of Europe and our relationship to violence, war and revolution. Most of all, however, it encourages and validates personal engagement, including in situations in which such discourse is not normally present.

Masaryk – Patočka – Havel will be introduced by Jiří Chotaš (Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Arts at J. E. Purkyně University) and Rudolf Kardoš (J.E.Purkyně University).

Tomáš Halík and Martin C. Putna will helm a discussion with the author.

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