The Meaning of the Meaningless – Fig Leaves of the Ideology

HAVLÍČEK, Tomáš. The Meaning of the Meaningless – Fig Leaves of the Ideology. In Final Conference – Judges Under Stress. 2022.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Meaning of the Meaningless – Fig Leaves of the Ideology

Název česky

Smysl nesmyslných - fíkové listy ideologie

Autoři

HAVLÍČEK, Tomáš

Vydání

Final Conference – Judges Under Stress, 2022

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Stát vydavatele

Norsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

common sense; cultural cognition; habitus; hegemony; ideology

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Mezinárodní význam

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Anotace

V originále

Legal and judicial systems elevate judges to the position of power. The current culture of reasoning then forces them to substantiate their decisions and, to a certain extent, does not allow the bias and ideological thinking of the judge to be fully manifested. Ideology therefore appears secretly in decision-making, it is hidden behind fig leaves of vague expressions. At the time of emptying the meanings of words, terms such as "decency" or "common sense" appear in the discourse. These seemingly abstract expressions serve to depersonate the judge's bias and create the appearance of objective reality, where the judge puts himself in the role of a hegemon who decides what is right, wise, rational. Those who rebel against the newly set reality are then displaced as fools who want to oppose the natural (or reasonable, rational) order of the world.