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In quest of history : on Czech statehood and identity / Jiří Přibáň & Karel Hvížďala ; translation by Stuart Hoskins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Přibáň, Jiří, 1967- author.
- Hvížd̕ala, Karel, 1941- author.
- Series:
- Václav Havel series
- Standardized Title:
- Hledání dějin. English
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Přibáň, Jiří, 1967---Interviews.
- Přibáň, Jiří.
- Nationalism.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--Philosophy.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic).
- Czechoslovakia--History--Philosophy.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Czech Republic--History--Philosophy.
- Czech Republic.
- Nationalism--Czech Republic--Bohemia.
- Czech Republic--Bohemia.
- Nationalism--Czechoslovakia.
- Nationalism--Czech Republic.
- Genre:
- History.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustration ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Prague, Czech Republic : Charles University, Karolinum Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "In honor of the 2018 centennial of Czech independence, philosopher of law Jiří Přibán and award-winning Czech journalist Karel Hvížďala took the opportunity to examine key moments in Czech history from the ninth century to the twenty-first. Covering such a broad span of time allowed them to look into the past and question how Czechs have viewed their history at different points--and what that means for the Czech present and future. As contemporary politics drift closer towards totalitarianism, historiography from scholars and thinkers who experienced twentieth-century totalitarian regimes is more important than ever. In their spirited dialogue, Hvížďala and Přibán raise and explore these crucial issues, sharing subjects normally reserved for university seminars with the broader public." --Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- History and national identity
- The formation of nations and nationalism
- Law without the state and state law : from the Middle Ages to modernity
- Modern times, state sovereignty and the nation
- The nation, culture and history
- The national revival and the right to self-determination
- Cultural idealism and political realism
- The republic of educated citizens, or Masaryk's attempt at a central European utopia
- Intellectuals and politics
- Two totalitarian regimes
- From the disintegration of the state to the disintegration of the regime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788024642673
- 8024642670
- OCLC:
- 1129170046
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