Česká naděje na duchovní vlast
The Czech Hopes for a Spiritual Homeland
Author(s): Jan PatočkaSubject(s): Philosophy, Cultural history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Cultural Essay
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: Czechoslovakia;Second Czechoslovak Republic;Munich Agreement;Czech philosophy;Czech culture;spiritual homeland;hope
Summary/Abstract: This essay is an unknown text by the prominent Czech philosopher Jan Patočka (1907–1977) from the era of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (30th September 1938 – 15th March 1939), which was not published in his collected writings. The article entitled “The Czech Hopes for a Spiritual Homeland” was published in the magazine "Naše vojsko" [Our Army] on 1 February 1939, in which Patočka reacts to the current traumatic situation of Czech society after the Munich Agreement and the end of the Masaryk’s First Republic. Patočka's text is accompanied by three commentaries that put it into context.
Journal: Soudobé Dějiny
- Issue Year: XXIX/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 643-645
- Page Count: 3
- Language: Czech