Recalling Masaryk's the Czech Question : Humanity and Politics on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svoboda, Jan.

Contributor:

Prázný, Aleš.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Value Inquiry Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937--Political and social views.

Masaryk, T. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.).

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2023.

Contents:

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 The Historical Context of Masaryk's Czech Question

Chapter 1 Understanding the Debate around the 'Czech Question' in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

Conclusion

Bibliography

Chapter 2 Modern Czech State-Formation

Chapter 3 The Czech Question in Its Time

Part 2 Ethics as the Heart of Philosophy

Chapter 4 Modernism and Transcendence from the Perspective of Masaryk's Realism

Bibliography

Chapter 5 Masaryk's Ethics

1 Ethics as the Heart of Masaryk's Philosophy

2 Masaryk's University Lectures

3 Masaryk's Ideals of Humanity

Chapter 6 T. G. Masaryk's Thoughts on Ján Kollár's Idea of Humanity

1 Introduction

2 Masaryk on Ján Kollár in the Czech Question

3 Conclusion

Part 3 The Pro-Masaryk View of the Czech Question

Chapter 7 The Legacy of Masaryk's Idea of Enlightened Humanism

Chapter 8 The Czech Question and the Principle of Federalism

1 Palacký as a Safe Guideline cum grano salis

2 Federation as an Internal Precondition for National Self-Rule (the Dichotomy of the Internal and External)

3 Federation as a Democratic Demand Made by a Small Nation (the Dichotomy of Small and Large)

4 The Principle of a Federation within a Federation in New Geopolitical Constellations

Chapter 9 Masaryk's Czech Question and the Idea of the Czech State

Chapter 10 The Czech Question as the Task of a Humanist Education

1 Education as a Political Matter

2 The Reciprocity of Transcendence and the Everyday as the Cornerstone of Humanity

4 Religious and Christian Criticism

5 Marxist Criticism

6 Criticism of Nationalism

7 Criticism of Critics and the Experience of History

Chapter 13 The Anti-political Nation in Bohemia and Moravia

Part 5 The Word of a Politician in Exile

Chapter 14 Humanism as the Motivation of Politics or Masaryk's Czech Question Today

1 The Crisis of Politics

2 Society on the Rise

3 Humanism as a Cornerstone

4 Critical Acceptance

5 The Revival of Society and National Independence

6 Humanism in Masaryk's Political Platform

Notes:

Bibliography -- Part 4 The Anti-Masaryk View of the Czech Question -- Chapter 11 Masaryk's Philosophy of Czech History from the Perspective of Popper's Critique of Historicism -- 1 The Intentional Continuity in Masaryk's Meaning of Czech History -- 2 Patoka's Criticism of Masaryk's Philosophy of the Meaning of Czech History -- 3 Popper's Criticism of Historicism and Messianism -- 4 Allow Me to Say Something on My Own Behalf -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 Criticism of the Czech Question -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Liberal Criticism -- 3 National-Conservative Criticism

7 Evil against Humanity

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Svoboda, Jan Recalling Masaryk's the Czech Question

ISBN:

9789004534919

9004534911

Publisher Number:

40031698977

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