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From a 'life in the idea' to a 'life in truth': Patočka and Havel on truth and politics
- Source :
- Filosofický časopis, Vol 70, Iss Special Issue 1, Pp 35-49 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, 2022.
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Abstract
- This article discusses the relationship between Jan Patočka's and Václav Havel's political writings. By specifically focusing on Patočka's concepts a "life in the idea" and a "life in problematicity" and Havel's notion of a "life in truth", it seeks to draw out the differences and similarities between their respective understandings of the relationship between truth and politics. The paper argues that Havel reinterpreted Patočka's ideas in a way, which in the final analysis diverged from Patočka's original intentions. Finally, the article argues that Havel's, in many ways productive, reinterpretation gives rise to a highly problematic conception of ideology and politics since the "prepolitical" form of politics that Havel envisions ultimately tends to naturalize both truth and politics.
Details
- Language :
- Czech, German, English, French, Slovak
- ISSN :
- 00151831 and 25709232
- Volume :
- 70
- Issue :
- Special Issue 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Filosofický časopis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.bdce5fd04e4afda037235fb0fe05bd
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.46854/fc.2021.4s35