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Marxistická eschatologie a tendence věd o člověku v poststalinském Československu
Marxist Eschatology and the Tendencies of Human Sciences in Post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia

Author(s): Ondřej Holub
Subject(s): History, History of Philosophy, Marxism, History of Communism
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Marxist philosophy; Marxism; post-Stalinism; history of thought; emancipation; transcendence

Summary/Abstract: The paper traces the genesis and development of post-Stalinist Marxist eschatology, particularly in relation to its tendency to capture and describe aspects of extra-sensory, metaphysical and parapsychological experience. With its subject defined this way, the paper seeks to chart a continuity between the reformist period of “post-Stalinist” philosophy and the period of Czechoslovak normalization. It aims to highlight some lesser-known aspects of 20th-century Marxist utopianism within the broader context of the intellectual history of Marxism.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 72-84
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech