Irena Dubská

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Irena Dubská (born November 17, 1924 in Prague ; † July 24, 2010 there ) was a Czech philosopher and sociologist.

From 1943 to 1945 Irena Dubská was called up for full deployment and had to work in an arms factory. In 1949 she graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in the subjects of sociology, psychology and philosophy. From 1949 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1954 she was a technical assistant at Charles University. From 1952 to 1954 she was active in the youth association. From 1954 to 1974 she worked as a research assistant in the philosophy department of the Československa akademie věd (ČSAV). From 1963 to 1964 there was a study visit to the USA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . From 1965 to 1969 she was editor-in-chief of the sociological magazine.

During the Prague Spring , Dubská was a member of a working group led by Radovan Richta , which was tasked with developing a long-term party program for the KSČ . The results of the working group were later published under the title Civilizace na rozcestí ( civilization at the crossroads ).

After signing Charter 77 and the associated persecution by the State Security (StB), Dubská emigrated to Austria in 1977 together with her husband Zdeněk Mlynář . She died in Prague on July 24th, 2010 after a long and serious illness and was finally buried there.

literature

  • Radovan Richta and collective (ed.): Richta-Report. The effects of the technical-scientific revolution on the relations of production (Marxism Library; BD. 10). Makol-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1971. (Czech Civilizace na rozcestí , German civilization at the crossroads)

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