Václav Bělohradský

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Václav Bělohradský (2019)

Václav Bělohradský (born January 17, 1944 in Prague ) is a Czech philosopher , sociologist and political scientist .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1961, he studied bohemian studies , history and philosophy at Charles University in Prague . He wrote his thesis on the Marquis de Sade . In 1969 he passed his doctoral examination and began a scientific career at Charles University. In 1970 he emigrated to Italy , where he worked as a professor of social sciences at the University of Genoa from 1973 , and later taught as a professor of political sociology at the University of Trieste . Since 1990 he has been visiting professor at the Charles University.

Bělohradský was named in the 1980s by the Czech writer and later President Václav Havel as one of his influences; in his time as president, however, Bělohradský regularly criticized him and supported the conservatives. He is considered a key figure in promoting postmodern thinking in Central Eastern Europe.

Publications

Non-fiction

  • Interpretazioni italiane di Wittgenstein. 1972.
  • Kritika banálního zla. 1977.
  • Krize eschatologie neosobnosti. Rozmluvy, London 1982
  • Myslet zeleň světa. 1985, 1991.
  • Přirozený svět jako politický Problem. 1984, 1991.
  • Capitalism a občanské ctnosti. 1990-1991.
  • Mezi světy a mezisvěty. 1997.
  • Společnost nevolnosti: Eseje z pozdější doby. 2014. ISBN 978-8074191671
  • Lidská práva (ne) smysl české politiky? 2015. ISBN 978-8074192302

Publications in German

  • Nine Rhizopharies - Manifesto for a New Left after the Fall of the Berlin Wall . In: Lettre International, LI 86, autumn 2009.
  • Kunderas Central Europe . In: Lettre International, LI 94, autumn 2011.
  • Three demons - Central Europe abducted after twenty-five years . In: Lettre International, LI 96, spring 2012.
  • Identity Panic - Forms of Chaos and the Return of Religion in Post-Secularism . In: Lettre International, LI 99, Winter 2012.
  • No Exit - The public space from Citizen Kane to the Truman Show . In: Lettre International, LI 102, autumn 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Bělohradský, Václav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech philosopher, sociologist and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague