Miloslav Ransdorf

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Miloslav Ransdorf (born February 15, 1953 in Rakovník , † January 22, 2016 in Prague ) was a Czech communist politician, philosopher and member of the European Parliament .

Miloslav Ransdorf (2013)

Life

He graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in 1977 , where he lectured on ancient and medieval philosophy until 1984. In 1978 he received the degree of PhDr for the thesis Politické teorie rané renesance a reformace . Until 1990 he did research work at the Institute for Philosophy of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in the fields of the history of philosophy and the theory of social development and, as an employee of the Prognostic Institute, devoted himself to drafts for economic and social reforms.

From 1990 to 1992 he was a member of the Federal Assembly. Ransdorf was head of the theoretical-analytical committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), from 1990 of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM). From 1996 to 2004 he was a member of the Assembly of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, from 2002 to 2004 a member of the European Commission for Integration and deputy chairman of the GUE / NGL parliamentary group .

Ransdorf was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy , member of the delegation in the Parliamentary Cooperation Committees EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan, as well as for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia and the delegation for relations with South Asia and the South Asia association for regional cooperation (SAARC) and substitute member of the Committee on development . The GUE / NGL parliamentary group suspended Randorf's membership in December 2015 after his attempted fraud in Zurich.

On January 22, 2016, Ransdorf, who suffered from severe diabetes , was found unconscious in the apartment by his wife; as a result, Ransdorf was taken to the Prague Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny), where he died of a stroke on the same day.

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Ransdorf published a number of books and translations on Czech history and social development in the 20th century. His scientific work can be classified into two categories: history of philosophy and ideology. In his work Kapitoly z geneze husitské ideologie he analyzes the philosophical and theological thoughts of the reformers John Wyclif , Jan Hus , Jakoubek ze Stříbra and Jan Želivský using the manuscripts and source books .

He dealt with the Reformation in the books Chebský soudce a reformační dějinné myšlení , Vztah Prahy a Tábora v bádání o Jakoubkovi ze Stříbra and Mistr Jan Hus . The book Z myšlenkového světa reformace , published in 1989 , is dedicated to Calvinism , Puritanism and Lutheranism . Ransdorf was interested in the connection between the socially critical and the rational ideological world of thought of the modern age. In the study Hledali spravedlivější svět he explored the ideology of the modern revolutions and their effects on the development of human rights. He dealt with Erasmus and Luther , Jefferson and Madison, among others .

In Nové čtení Marxe , the second part of which appeared in 2007, he analyzed the categorized world of thought of Karl Marx and examined not only the dynamics of capitalism , but also reasons for the failure of the Soviet experiment in the period from Lenin to Gorbachev .

He examines the history of antiquity and the beginning of Christianity in Pojetí času u kappadockých otců , in which he examines the conceptions of time and the philosophy of Plato , Aristotle and Plotinus .

He has translated books from German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.

Controversy

Ransdorf first hit the headlines in 2006 when he bought counterfeit works of art.

The European Parliament lifted his immunity in 2008 because of a traffic accident in Prague-Dejvice in June 2007, in which Ransdorf hit a pedestrian while telephoning on a pedestrian crossing and left her slightly injured. In July 2008, Ransdorf drove another pedestrian on Karlovarská ul. In Prague, who suffered minor head injuries.

Ransdorf had to take the oath of disclosure in 2012 because of unsecured guarantees in the amount of 700,000 crowns for his partner Vratislav Šlajer, who had failed with various villa construction projects.

Like other parliamentarians, Ransdorf was filmed in 2013 when he only briefly entered the building of the EU Parliament and left it again after a few minutes. When asked whether he had only entered himself on the attendance list in order to collect the daily allowance for MPs in the amount of 300 euros, the politician was brutalized against the Dutch journalist.

On December 3, 2015, Ransdorf tried to withdraw 350 million euros from a Swiss bank in Zurich with forged papers and together with three Slovaks. The attempted fraud was noticed and the politician and his companions were arrested for two days. His attempts to explain after the fact were not convincing.

Works

  • Kapitoly z geneze husitské ideology . Prague 1986
  • Zdeněk Nejedlý . Prague 1988
  • Z myšlenkového světa reformace . Prague 1989
  • The Roots of American Political Culture . Prague 1989 (co-author Vladimíra Dvořáková)
  • Mistr Jan Hus . Prague 1993
  • Muž velké touhy. Komenský proti proudu dějin . Prague 1995
  • Nové čtení Marxe I. Prague 1996
  • Čechem volbou. Militantní racionalista Kurt Konrad . Prague 1997
  • Bezpečný domov, otevřený svět . Prague 1998
  • Muž svědomí. Ernesto Che Guevara . Prague 2000
  • Hledali spravedlivější svět. O revolučním původu teorie lidských práv . Prague 2001
  • Nového čtení Marxe , part 2
  • Chebský soudce a reformační dějinné myšlení

Web links

Commons : Miloslav Ransdorf  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Po převozu do nemocnice zemřel europoslanec Miloslav Ransdorf. Bylo mu necelých 63 let . himed.cz , January 22nd, 2016, updated January 23rd, 2016.
  2. ^ Václav Ferebauer with material from ČTK : Komunistický europoslanec Ransdorf zemřel . iDNES.cz , January 22, 2016 (Czech).
  3. ↑ Patrick Biskup: Ransdorf naletěl spolužákovi na kšeft s padělanými obrazy . Novinky.cz, August 14, 2013, accessed January 24, 2016 (Czech).
    Miroslava Vejvodová: Věřil jsem, že jsou pravé, řekl Ransdorf o obrazech . April 27, 2015, accessed January 24, 2016 (Czech).
  4. ↑ Romana Navarová, Hana Válková: Video: Tři nehody Ransdorfa nepoučily, za jízdy držel phone u ucha . iDNES.cz / Zprávy, January 6, 2014, accessed January 24, 2016 (Czech).
  5. ↑ Pavla Jeřábková: Policie obvinila Ransdorfa za sražení ženy na přechodu . iDNES.cz / Zprávy, July 18, 2009, accessed January 24, 2016 (Czech).
  6. ↑ Europoslanec Ransdorf je kvůli nesplacenému dluhu v exekuci . Česká televize , March 10, 2012, accessed on January 24, 2016 (Czech).
  7. ↑ Miroslav Ransdorf - EU Parliament Member Exposed on YouTube , published on June 25, 2013, accessed on December 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bank visiting Czech MEPs: The 350-million-euro puzzle . Spiegel Online , December 6, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Ransdorf, Miloslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech philosopher and politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Rakovník
DATE OF DEATH 22nd January 2016
Place of death Prague