Ladislav Hejdánek: A Life Without Scrapes is Life Without Truth

The new book Žít bez průšvihů znamená žít bez pravdy (To Live Without Scrapes Is To Live Without Truth) presents Ladislav Hejdánek as an unusually passionate lover of truth, not merely a theorist of it. What is extraordinary about Hejdánek's philosophy – that is, his love for truth – is that he does not exclude himself or the events in which he participates from the search for truth. Hejdánek’s personal reflections on the period 1967–1989, full of dramatic events and clashes with the communist regime, bear this out. He was fired from his job, unjustly convicted in a rigged trial, active in Charter 77, severely harassed by the regime... In a word: scrapes. Following the presentation of the book there will be a debate involving the editor of the volume, Jan Hron, and, as a guest, Miloš Rejchrt, an evangelical pastor, dissident and Charter 77 spokesperson. The debate will be moderated by Jáchym Topol.