The political thought of Václav Havel : philosophical influences and contemporary applications /

The political thought of Václav Havel : philosophical influences and contemporary applications /

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Author / Creator:Brennan, Daniel, 1982- author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2017]
Description:vi, 189 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; volume 295
Central European value studies
Value inquiry book series ; v. 295.
Value inquiry book series. Central-European value studies.
Subject:
Havel, Václav -- Political and social views.
Havel, Václav -- Influence.
Havel, Václav.
Patočka, Jan, -- 1907-1977.
Czech literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophy.
Political and social views.
Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992.
Czech Republic -- Politics and government -- 1993-
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10920440
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ISBN:9789004332188
9004332189
9789004332195
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:The book considers Václav Havel's body of writing as a cohesive whole offering a consistent political philosophy. This bold claim is backed up through a close examination of Havel's plays, letters, essays and aphorisms. The political philosophy that a close reading of Havel reveals is a liberal one. However, Havel is not the run-of the-mill liberal having influences from the field of phenomenology, Masaryk, Husserl, Levinas Patocka and Heidegger which give him a nuanced view of the self. Havel sees the self as something always being formed. Hence for Havel man has an ability to 'shake' his current state and invite transcendence into his life. This agonistic process reveals our responsibility and liberates the self from forces which coerce behaviour.
Other form:Online version: Brennan, Daniel, 1982- author. Political thought of Václav Havel Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004332195

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