What Form of Existentialism is there in Havel's Concept of Dissent?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

RIV/00216275:25210/22:39919075 - isvavai.cz

Výsledek na webu

https://filcasop.flu.cas.cz/cz/mimoradna-cisla/76-niklas-forsberg-ulrika-bj-rk-eds-the-dissident

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

10.46854/fc.2021.4s14

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What Form of Existentialism is there in Havel's Concept of Dissent?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Czech dissident movement included thinkers who searched for a morally pure, parallel polis, and who felt comfortable within its isolation. The philosophers of Charter 77 ( Jan Patocka and Ladislav Hejdanek especially), by contrast, rejected the idea of being morally superior to their opponents. It is interesting to consider where Vaclav Havel stands at this crossroads. Havel very much cooperated with the above-mentioned philosophers and was inspired by them in his own writing and agency. On the other hand, Havel undoubtedly performed a certain moral-existential concept of dissent. In this paper I examine Havel's existential concept. In particular, after distinguishing between two existential approaches in Havel's writings, I analyse two fundamental philosophical critiques of Havel in the work of Ladislav Hejdanek. According to Hejdanek, Havel 1) identifies intellectuals with non-politicians, i.e. he is governed by the incorrect dualism of the political versus the non-political, and 2) is self-focused and moralising, i.e. he keeps too much within his own self (subjectivity) and ""a given"" (existent, objective) world. Given this critique, I will systematise Hejdanek's objections and suggested solutions. In the first case, I see the solution in a more detailed distinction: we should distinguish between politics and non-politics (intellectuals) but also non-political politics. In the second case, we should look for the essence (focal point) of man not in his morality but outside it: man should orient himself ""out of his self"".

Název v anglickém jazyce

What Form of Existentialism is there in Havel's Concept of Dissent?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Czech dissident movement included thinkers who searched for a morally pure, parallel polis, and who felt comfortable within its isolation. The philosophers of Charter 77 ( Jan Patocka and Ladislav Hejdanek especially), by contrast, rejected the idea of being morally superior to their opponents. It is interesting to consider where Vaclav Havel stands at this crossroads. Havel very much cooperated with the above-mentioned philosophers and was inspired by them in his own writing and agency. On the other hand, Havel undoubtedly performed a certain moral-existential concept of dissent. In this paper I examine Havel's existential concept. In particular, after distinguishing between two existential approaches in Havel's writings, I analyse two fundamental philosophical critiques of Havel in the work of Ladislav Hejdanek. According to Hejdanek, Havel 1) identifies intellectuals with non-politicians, i.e. he is governed by the incorrect dualism of the political versus the non-political, and 2) is self-focused and moralising, i.e. he keeps too much within his own self (subjectivity) and ""a given"" (existent, objective) world. Given this critique, I will systematise Hejdanek's objections and suggested solutions. In the first case, I see the solution in a more detailed distinction: we should distinguish between politics and non-politics (intellectuals) but also non-political politics. In the second case, we should look for the essence (focal point) of man not in his morality but outside it: man should orient himself ""out of his self"".

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

EF15_003/0000425: Centrum pro etiku

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Filosofický časopis

ISSN

0015-1831

e-ISSN

2570-9232

Svazek periodika

70

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

14-34

Kód UT WoS článku

000773983900002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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