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HANYCH, Monika. The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse. In Štěpániková, Markéta, Michal Malaník, Monika Hanych a Martin Škop. Argumentation 2017. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2017. p. 86-103. ISBN 978-80-210-8839-9.
Other formats: BibTeX LaTeX RIS @inproceedings{1406423, author = {Hanych, Monika}, address = {Brno}, booktitle = {Argumentation 2017}, edition = {1}, editor = {Štěpániková, Markéta, Michal Malaník, Monika Hanych a Martin Škop}, keywords = {Václav Havel; Legal-Philosophical Thought; Current Legal Discourse}, howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"}, language = {eng}, location = {Brno}, isbn = {978-80-210-8839-9}, pages = {86-103}, publisher = {Masaryk University}, title = {The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse.}, year = {2017} } TY - JOUR ID - 1406423 AU - Hanych, Monika PY - 2017 TI - The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse. PB - Masaryk University CY - Brno SN - 9788021088399 KW - Václav Havel KW - Legal-Philosophical Thought KW - Current Legal Discourse N2 - “I think it can safely be assumed that the overwhelming majority of shopkeepers never think about the slogans they put in their windows, nor do they use them to express their real opinions.” (V. Havel, The Power of the Powerless, 1977) Havel´s legal-philosophical concepts concerning justice, morality, ideology, and mainly, the subjects of freedom, power and living in truth are key terms of his literary work. They had an enormous impact on dissidents, academics, dominant state power and transforming part of the society not only back at the time of publishing but also during following revolutionary years. Living in truth is supposed to be the key maxim of Havel’s writings. It is the impetus behind his plays, political essays or his dissent as such. Living in truth is living outside of the coercions of ideology according to his view; being open to all possible appearances rather than focusing on a single mode of appearance (Brennan, 2016). This phenomenological view influenced by Jan Patočka has also a link to Havel´s distrust of the manipulative nature of political, resp. legal language; shown implicitly in his plays and descriptively in words of his essays. Havel´s influence on recent political or philosophical history, use of language and legal heritage is undoubtable. This contribution goes beyond the historical explanations; it rather focuses on how the above-mentioned key terms of Havel´s legacy are used in current legal and political discourse. It shows connotations, philosophical influence and contemporary applications of his main literary thoughts within the contemporary legal public debate. ER - HANYCH, Monika. The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse. In Štěpániková, Markéta, Michal Malaník, Monika Hanych a Martin Škop. \textit{Argumentation 2017}. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2017. p.~86-103. ISBN~978-80-210-8839-9.

HANYCH, Monika. The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse. In Štěpániková, Markéta, Michal Malaník, Monika Hanych a Martin Škop. Argumentation 2017. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2017. p. 86-103. ISBN 978-80-210-8839-9.

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Basic information
Original name	The Legal-Philosophical Terms of Havel’s Thought in Current Legal Discourse.
Name in Czech	Právně-filozofické pojmy z Havlových myšlenek v současném právním diskurzu
Authors	HANYCH, Monika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition	1. vyd. Brno, Argumentation 2017, p. 86-103, 18 pp. 2017.
Publisher	Masaryk University

Other information
Original language	English
Type of outcome	Proceedings paper
Field of Study	50501 Law
Country of publisher	Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form	printed version "print"
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14220/17:00099863
Organization unit	Faculty of Law
ISBN	978-80-210-8839-9
UT WoS	000429766100006
Keywords (in Czech)	Václav Havel; Právně-filozofické myšlenky; Současný právní diskurz
Keywords in English	Václav Havel; Legal-Philosophical Thought; Current Legal Discourse
Tags	filozofie práva, Havlovo dílo, Havlův odkaz, rivok, teorie práva, Václav Havel
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Petra Georgala, učo 32967. Changed: 17/5/2018 18:00.

Abstract
“I think it can safely be assumed that the overwhelming majority of shopkeepers never think about the slogans they put in their windows, nor do they use them to express their real opinions.” (V. Havel, The Power of the Powerless, 1977) Havel´s legal-philosophical concepts concerning justice, morality, ideology, and mainly, the subjects of freedom, power and living in truth are key terms of his literary work. They had an enormous impact on dissidents, academics, dominant state power and transforming part of the society not only back at the time of publishing but also during following revolutionary years. Living in truth is supposed to be the key maxim of Havel’s writings. It is the impetus behind his plays, political essays or his dissent as such. Living in truth is living outside of the coercions of ideology according to his view; being open to all possible appearances rather than focusing on a single mode of appearance (Brennan, 2016). This phenomenological view influenced by Jan Patočka has also a link to Havel´s distrust of the manipulative nature of political, resp. legal language; shown implicitly in his plays and descriptively in words of his essays. Havel´s influence on recent political or philosophical history, use of language and legal heritage is undoubtable. This contribution goes beyond the historical explanations; it rather focuses on how the above-mentioned key terms of Havel´s legacy are used in current legal and political discourse. It shows connotations, philosophical influence and contemporary applications of his main literary thoughts within the contemporary legal public debate.

Abstract

“I think it can safely be assumed that the overwhelming majority of shopkeepers never think about the slogans they put in their windows, nor do they use them to express their real opinions.” (V. Havel, The Power of the Powerless, 1977) Havel´s legal-philosophical concepts concerning justice, morality, ideology, and mainly, the subjects of freedom, power and living in truth are key terms of his literary work. They had an enormous impact on dissidents, academics, dominant state power and transforming part of the society not only back at the time of publishing but also during following revolutionary years. Living in truth is supposed to be the key maxim of Havel’s writings. It is the impetus behind his plays, political essays or his dissent as such. Living in truth is living outside of the coercions of ideology according to his view; being open to all possible appearances rather than focusing on a single mode of appearance (Brennan, 2016). This phenomenological view influenced by Jan Patočka has also a link to Havel´s distrust of the manipulative nature of political, resp. legal language; shown implicitly in his plays and descriptively in words of his essays. Havel´s influence on recent political or philosophical history, use of language and legal heritage is undoubtable. This contribution goes beyond the historical explanations; it rather focuses on how the above-mentioned key terms of Havel´s legacy are used in current legal and political discourse. It shows connotations, philosophical influence and contemporary applications of his main literary thoughts within the contemporary legal public debate.