Launch N: The Czech Intelligentsia of the 20th Century
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 14, 2023, 19:00 – 21:00
What does the Czech intelligentsia look like? And why do we as a society need it at all, when, in the view of many, it brings no tangible benefit? According to the writer Pavel Kosatík, elites are important in order to give structure to society, enabling it to function precisely as a society, not just as a mob. In a series of texts published weekly on the website and in the printed Deník N, Kosatík presents the leading representatives of the Czech intelligentsia, men and women, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present in a brisk, readable style. The new book Česká inteligence 20. Století (The Czech Intelligentsia of the 20th Century), published in the Edition N series, includes profiles of the first 50 figures featured.