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Německého sociologa Andrease Reckwitze, jehož knihu Společnost singularit jsme nedávno vydali v českém překladu, zpovídala pro Deník N filosofka Alice Koubová. Reckwitz je podle ní zajímavý především svou analýzou modernity, která se v jeho očích nevyvíjí směrem k nějakému jasnému cíli dějin, ale každá doba je vždy reakcí na předchozí éru a její anomálie. Současnou dobu popisuje Reckwitz v knize Společnost singularit jako pozdní modernitu, pro kterou je charakteristický vypjatý důraz každého člověka na osobní jedinečnost jako záruku vlastní hodnoty, kulturní kapitalismus a střední třída utvářená především skrze různé formy sebezviditelňování. Kdo není jedinečný a viditelný, nemá jakoukoli cenu. Anomálie pozdní modernity jsou už tak citelné, že se projevují skrze masivní formy deziluze, ztrát a proher různé povahy a směřují k společenskému násilí.
Moravského krále bot Tomáše Baťu u příležitosti stopadesátého výročí jeho narození připomněl v řadě médií historik a zlínský rodák Ondřej Ševeček. Zrod globálního obuvnictví popsal v tematickém čísle časopisu Dějiny a současnost, které rovněž zaštítil jako spolueditor. O takzvaném batismu hovořil v pořadu "Večer na téma" Českého rozhlasu Vltava nebo v článku pro server idnes.cz. V květnu mu v Nakladatelství Argo vyjde spolu s kolektivem autorů titul Válka ševců: Obuv, obuvnictví a obuvnický průmysl v Předlitavsku za Velké války.
In March, the Institute of Philosophy will welcome the American medievalist Christopher M. Bellitto, Ph.D., Professor of History at Kean University in New Jersey. Bellitto specializes in medieval history, church history, and reform thought. He is the author of ten books and more than thirty studies and book chapters published in the United States and Europe, including Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue (2023), The General Councils, and Renewing Christianity. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the series Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition and as an editor at Paulist Press.
The PragMatika research group, led by Elías Fuentes Guillén, has completed the first phase of building the Bolzano Digital Archive. This phase involved the digitization of more than 36,000 pages from the written estate of Bernard Bolzano, housed in the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature in Prague. Bernard Bolzano is one of the key figures in Czech intellectual history, making this an important milestone in the preservation of Czech cultural heritage.
The ethical impacts of modern technologies and the ethics of our relationship to the environment are explored in a new podcast by the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics – Prague (CETE-P) at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It looks, for example, at the use of robots in social services, the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, the limits of biotechnology, questions of coexisting with other species on the same planet, and the possibilities of technology in helping nature...
The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026.
We shall address Alphonso Lingis’s philosophical opera and approach it in terms of its uniqueness, peculiarity, and irreducible singularity. Lingis’s phenomenological work is genuinely fascinating because, following Deleuze, he urges his readers to discover how to speak in their own distinctive manner, to find a singular and unmistakable voice. The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2026 to both emails:
We are extending the call for papers for the conference Foucault at 100: Echoes and Encounters in Central and Eastern Europe, which will be held in Prague (1–2 June 2026) and Warsaw (4–5 June 2026). The 100th anniversary of Foucault’s birth offers a unique opportunity to reflect on past contributions, current developments, and future directions of Foucauldian approaches to CEE issues. The deadline for proposals is 31 December 2025.
A new monitoring method based on radio holography will aid patients receiving in-home palliative care. It will provide an overview of patient activity, such as whether they are getting out of bed or need assistance, while also ensuring greater autonomy for patients and their families without intruding on privacy. Pioneers in testing radio holography in palliative care are researchers from the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory for Bioethics at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Their task is to ensure an ethically acceptable way to use this technology.
In a wide-ranging interview for Radio Prague International, the philosopher says disinfo isn’t focused only on deceiving people but is also about “boring” them into losing interest in certain issues entirely. But, he argues, it is possible to combat it. The interview was conducted in connection with the recent publication of the book Disinformation and Hate Speech from the Perspectives of Philosophy, Law and Security, which he co-authored...
