Vaclav Havel's Heideggerianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11051569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andy Tucker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 1990 |
| Issue | 85 |
| Pages | 63-78 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0990085063 |
| OpenAlex | W1994181827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The philosophy of Czechoslovakia's President, Vaclav Havel has received little attention in the West. Most people assume that “the enemy of our (former) enemies must be like us,” i.e., that Havel must be a sort of Western-style liberal-democrat. When Havel addressed a joint session of Congress in Washington and quoted Hegel's claim to the effect that “consciousness precedes being” (with a Heideggerian anti-modemist twist), few if any of the cheering delegates had the faintest idea concerning what they were applauding. In a sardonic editorial the following day, The Washington Post traced Havel's ideas to Hegel and ridiculed the members of Congress for their lack of philosophical education. But it did not question the more important Heideggerian meanings of Havel's speech
Adversary · Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Literature · Political science · Style (visual arts · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Philosophy · Religious studies
Nationalism, Modernization and the Polylogue of Civilizations
Postmodernism and the Social Sciences
Problematic concepts, ambivalent identities
Phenomenology and existentialism in dialogue with Marxist humanism in Yugoslavia in the 1950s and 1960s
The Role of Dissident Values in Institutional Choice
Civil society theory, enlightenment and critique
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2022 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |