Jan Sokol – Part 1: It would be an exaggeration to say the StB killed Jan Patočka
Update: 2020-01-20
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Philosopher Jan Sokol was an MP in the early 1990s, served as Czech
education minister and lost in the final round of voting for president in
2003. Barred from studying under the Communists, Professor Sokol came to
philosophy via his father-in-law Jan Patočka, an early signatory of
Charter 77. In the first part of a two-part interview, he discusses
Patočka’s death, the achievements of Charter 77 – which he also signed
– and the Velvet Revolution. But our conversation began with Jan
Sokol’s family background and his own beginnings.
education minister and lost in the final round of voting for president in
2003. Barred from studying under the Communists, Professor Sokol came to
philosophy via his father-in-law Jan Patočka, an early signatory of
Charter 77. In the first part of a two-part interview, he discusses
Patočka’s death, the achievements of Charter 77 – which he also signed
– and the Velvet Revolution. But our conversation began with Jan
Sokol’s family background and his own beginnings.
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