Karel Mácha

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Karel Mácha (born January 2, 1931 in Dírná , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech / German historical philosopher and anthropologist .

Life

Karel Mácha studied political science, history and modern history of Czech philosophy at the Charles University in Prague from 1950 to 1954 . He then studied sociology, history of modern ideas and social anthropology at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (FÚ ČSAV) until 1957 . In 1958 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. After doing research at the academy, he completed his habilitation in 1962 at Masaryk University . In 1968 the Charles University in Prague appointed him Dr. scient.

In 1969 he was offered a professorship for the history of philosophy at Charles University. As a result of the crackdown on the Prague Spring, he lectured underground until 1978. In 1978 he emigrated to Germany and until 1986 was professor at the Institute for Christian World View and Philosophy of Religion at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich under Eugen Biser . In 1987 he also became a professor at the Polytechnic University of New York .

Since 1988 he has been a full professor of social philosophy at the Gustav Siewerth Academy in Weilheim-Bierbronnen and head of the sociology department. In 1986 he founded the Institute for Integral Anthropology in Munich.

After his professorship at Charles University in Prague was confirmed by President Václav Havel in 1990, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University.

Honors

Fonts

  • Kekritice buroazního individualismu , 1960
  • Etika a dnešek , 1960, together with L. Hrzal
  • Individual and Society. On the history of individualism. , VEB Dt. Verl. D. Sciences 1964, together with Peter Bollhagen
  • Dejiny filosofie evropského novoveku , 2 vols. [History of modern European philosophy], 1968
  • 100 theses on an integral anthropology , 1984, ISBN 3924368023
  • TG Masaryk and the year 1918. Study on a Czech utopia , 1992 ISBN 3928391038
  • Stephan Kowarik: Wurschtkuchelseminar: A philosophical follow-up lesson on Jürgen Habermas, Ernst Bloch, Friedrich Nietzsche, and life in general. Bonmots, sayings, fragments , Die Blaue Eule 1996, ISBN 3892067643 , together with Blanka Béji
  • The Second Death: Halfway to a Disintegration , The Blue Owl 1997, ISBN 3892068399
  • "Love went with me..." , Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt DVA 2000, ISBN 3421054177
  • Miguel de Unamuno: Or an agonizing path of spiritual Utopia , Herbert Utz Verlag 2003, ISBN 3831602778

literature

  • Sigmund Bonk: Ideas for an integral anthropology , Festschrift for Prof. Dr. DrSc. Karel Mácha on his 60th birthday, BB-Verlag Munich 1991, ISBN 3-928391-00-3
  • Heinz Kimmerle, Beatrix Vogel, Elke Wachendorff, Stephan Kowarik: A voice from seven loneliness - The philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche , A festive evening for the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. phil. et Dr. scient. Karel Mácha, Herbert Utz Verlag 2002, ISBN 3831601453

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personal data
SURNAME Mácha, Karel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macha, Karel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech-German philosopher of history and anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Dírná , Czechoslovak Republic , today: Czech Republic