Václav Bělohradský
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Václav Bělohradský (born January 17, 1944
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
) is a Czech philosopher and sociologist.


Life and career

Václav Bělohradský graduated in
philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
and Czech from
Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
,
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
, after which he lived in
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, where he was Professor of Political Sociology at the
University of Trieste The University of Trieste (, or UniTS, Formerly Regia Università degli Studi or The Royal University of Studies) is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 ...
. As a student of
Jan Patočka Jan Patočka (; 1 June 1907 – 13 March 1977) was a Czech philosopher. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Freiburg he also developed a lifelong philos ...
, he influenced the thinking of
Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissol ...
. He is a representative of biocentrism, which he developed to refusing
anthropocentric Anthropocentrism ( ) is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity on the planet. The term can be used interchangeably with humanocentrism, and some refer to the concept as human supremacy or human exceptionalism. From a ...
overestimation of
symbol A symbol is a mark, Sign (semiotics), sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, physical object, object, or wikt:relationship, relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by cr ...
and
culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
. He also thinks we need to step back from "us" to be able to lay foundations of new and freer society. He co-participated with
Chantal Mouffe Chantal Mouffe (; born 17 June 1943) is a Belgian political theorist, formerly teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-called Essex School of discourse ana ...
and
Slavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek ( ; ; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual. He is the international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, Global Distin ...
at Monument to Transformation. He publishes his political commentaries and essays mainly in Czech daily
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. He lives in
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
, Czech Republic.


Works

* ''Interpretazioni italiane di Wittgenstein'', Milan, 1972. * ''Ragionamento, azione, società. Sociologia della conoscenza in Vilfredo Pareto'', Milan, 1974. * ''Il mondo della vita: un problema politico'', Milan, 1981. * ''Krize eschatologie neosobnosti'', London, 1982, 1984. * ''Myslet zeleň světa. Rozhovor s K. Hvížďalou'', 1985, 1991. * ''Kapitalismus a občanské ctnosti'', 1992. * ''Mezi světy & mezisvěty'', 1997. * ''Společnost nevolnosti'', 2007. * ''Mezi světy & mezisvěty: Reloaded'', 2013


References


External links

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Watch film with Václav Bělohradský "Bye Bye Shanghai" at www.dafilms.com
20th-century Czech philosophers Czech academics Charles University alumni 1944 births Living people People from Prague Academic staff of the University of Trieste {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub