Czech Books Hearth and Horizon: cultural identity in a globalised world.
This week’s Czech Books visits the home of the distinguished philosopher and author, Professor Erazim Kohák, to discuss his book, Hearth and Horizon. After exile from Czechoslovakia in 1948, Professor Kohák had a long academic career in the United States, and is Professor Emeritus at Boston University. He returned to his native land in 1990, and since then has continued to teach philosophy and write, is the recipient of the highest academic and cultural honours, and is one of those who could truly be called a public intellectual. Hearth and Horizon is his book about cultural identity in a globalised world and in particular asks the question - what does it mean to be Czech? I first asked Professor Kohák what the impetus for writing the book had been.
Erazim Kohák
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