Ideas and Their People: Miloslav Petrusek’s Chronotopos
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 11, 2022, 16:00 – 21:00
Hard as it is to believe, this year we mark the sad 10th anniversary of the death of Miloslav Petrusek (1936–2012), one of the most important Czech sociologists of recent decades. Petrusek was not only a prolific author, a skilled essayist and a charismatic populiser but also a popular lecturer; one of his courses had the mysterious title “Chronotopos, referring to the interweaving of human destinies in place and time”.
What was Petrusek’s chronotopos? How was his thinking shaped by historical circumstances? Is there a “Petrusian sociology”? If so, what is it? We will try to answer these and a number of other questions at a colloquium dedicated to Petrusek’s work and his place in the history of Czech sociology. His friends, colleagues and students will participate, while Professor Petrusek himself will be heard on a recording.
Organised by the Václav Havel Library in cooperation with Sociological Theory Section of the Czech Sociological Association.