Research Areas

• Anthropology of Institutions

• Ethics

• Human Rights

• Phenomenology

• Philosophy of Law

Courses

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Contact Information and Office Hours

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Education

• 2000: Professor in Philosophy of Education (CU)

• 1996: Associate Professor (Doc.) in Philosophy (CU). Thesis: Time and Rythm

• 1995: Ph. D. in Philosophy (CU Prague). Thesis: Master Eckhart and Medieval Mystics

• 1994: CSc in Philosophy (CU Prague). Thesis: A Small Philosophy of Man

• 1991–1993: MA in Anthropology (CU Prague). Thesis: Man and the World as seen by the Bible.

• 1963–1967: BA in Mathematics (evening courses, CU Prague)

Work Experience

• Since 2000: Full Professor

• 2000–2007: Dean of the Faculty of Humanities

• 1998: Minister of Education, Youth and Sports

• 1992–2000: Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy and Anthropology, CU Prague

• 1990–1992: MP, vice-chairman of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia

• 1964–1989: Researcher, Leading Fellow, Software developement (VUMS Prague)

• 1956–1964: Precision mechanic (VUVET, Czech Polytechnic University)

• 1951–1953: Goldsmith (Soluna Prague)

Stays Abroad

• 2008–2009: Senior Fellow, teaching Ethics and the Human Rights. CSWR, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA)

• 1995: Stage, University of Pennsylvania (4 Weeks)

• 1994: Stage, University of Pennsylvania (4 Weeks)

Awards

• 2016: VIZE 97 Prize (V. and D. Havel Foundation)    

• 2016: Charles University Gold Medal

• 2016: Ján Langoš Foundation Prize for the  Defence of Human RIghts

• 2015: Honorary Member of the Czech Union of Judges

• 2014: Prague 6 Honorary Citizen

• 2008: Officer of the French Légion d’Honneur

• 2002: Officier des Palmes Académiques

• 2000: V. Havel and M. Kováč Foundation Prize for Czecho-Slovak Relations

Publications