T. G. Masaryk’s involvement in the Jewish issue

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0010" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0010</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0010" target="_blank" >10.2478/ebce-2022-0010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

T. G. Masaryk’s involvement in the Jewish issue

Original language description

T. G. Masaryk’s thought is famous for his concept of the Czech nation as well as his ideals of humanity. As a philosopher, sociologist, and politician, he was confronted with Czech anti-Semitism, and after Czechoslovakia was founded, with issues of the Jewish national minority. He tried to solve all the questions with respect to his ethical conviction and the ideals of democracy and equality. The most difficult personal situation for Masaryk emerged with the ‘Hilsner affair’, when his brave stance against anti-Semitism caused animosity and even hatred from the public. As a consequence of that Masaryk had to abandon his public activities including lecturing at university for some time. The philosopher Jan Patočka analysed Masaryk’s involvement in this case and the following events in his study Masaryk’s struggle against anti-Semitism. Patočka pointed out that there is an interconnection between Masaryk’s involvement in this affair and his engagement in the question of Czech nationality, as Masaryk intended to improve the ethical level of the nation by disposing of bias and namely the ritual murder myth. The second part of the present contribution is focused on Masaryk’s views on Zionism and the assimilation movement and his ambiguity in relation to the issue. It seems that Masaryk’s concept of the Czech nation, formed for the struggle against the Habsburg monarchy, became inadequate in the new republic, as it was not inclusive of the many minorities, the Jewish one included. On the other hand, Masaryk’s ideals of humanity provide a certain solution on the level of ethics.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)

ISSN

1338-5615

e-ISSN

2453-7829

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1/2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

21-28

UT code for WoS article

000851222000003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85134045994