PhDr. Lukáš Perný, PhD. is a
Slovak
writer, culturologist, social philosopher, cultural critic and musician.
He is the author of book Utopians, Visionaries of the World of the Future (The
History of Utopias and Utopianism) and books on philosophy, art and
culture, as well as about 200 essays, studies and reviews.
He is a member
of the Slovak Writers' Society
and member of the Political Science Department of
Matica slovenská.
As a musician, he recorded
several solo and guest music albums and played over 200 music concerts in
Slovakia, but also in the Czech Republic (Prague, Tasov), the Republic of Serbia
(Novi Sad) and Hungary (Budapest).
He writes essays, studies;
music, film, theater and other art critics; interpretations of philosophical and
artistic works for Literárny týždenník (Literary Weekly), Slovenské národné
noviny (Slovak National Papers), Slovenské pohľady (Slovak views), DAV DVA,
!argument, Academia Letters, Nové Slovo, Philosophica Critica, Studia Politica
Slovaca, Acta Patristica, PHILOSOPHY. SOCIOLOGY, Posterus and other periodicals.
He is the author of interviews with a number of important personalities (Jan
Keller, Michael Hauser, Richard Sťahel, Marek Hrubec, Rudolf Dupkala, Vladimír
Manda, Ladislav Hohoš, Michal Macháček, Petr Kužel, Jozef Sipko, Cristian De
Bravo Delorme, Ján Husár, Martina Lubyová, Alexandra Geschwandtnerová, Kristína
Prekopová, Martina Pešáková, Lidka Žáková, Robert Žilík, Mária
Žilíková-Mandáková, Ivana Matušková, Renáta Ryníková, Sylvia Juhászová, Peter
Kubica, Marcella Molnárová).
Utopians, Visionaries of the World
of the Future
(The History of Utopias and
Utopianism)
The
book consists of three parts: in the
first one the reader reads about the
definitions of utopia and utopianism
and its division. The following, the
most extensive chapter analyzes the
history of utopianism, compares the
various concepts and ideas. In the
introduction, the reader has the
opportunity to gain knowledge of the
prehistory of utopianism and the
oldest evidence of utopian
egalitarianism in human history.
This is followed by the ancient and
Christian tradition of utopianism,
which leads the emergence of utopia
as a literary genre in modern times.
Following are descriptions of the
most important modern utopias and
their authors (More, Campanella,
Bacon), but also less known utopias
at the turn of the 16th and 17th
centuries. This is followed by the
periodof the Enlightenment Utopia
and the natural law theory of Mably,
Rousseau, Morelly and Babuef. This
chapter
ends
with Babeuf’s influence in the
revolutionary theories of the 19th
century. The largest part of Utopian
history is devoted to the three
greats of Utopian socialism:
Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen and
also authors such as Etienne Cabet
and Robert de Lamennais. Marginally,
the book also deals with German
utopia and utopian elements in the
works of Kant, Hegel, Bolzano,
Weitling, with a continuation of
Marxism. A novelty in the present
research is utopianism in the Slovak
context, which focuses primarily on
Messianism as a specific form of
philosophy of history and practical
social activities of national
revivalists and social revolts. The
epilogue to history is followed by
the last, third chapter, which deals
with utopia and utopianism in the
context of philosophical reasoning
for the problems of the 21st
century.
The
book consists of three parts: in the
first one the reader reads about the
definitions of utopia and utopianism
and its division. The following, the
most extensive chapter analyzes the
history of utopianism, compares the
various concepts and ideas. In the
introduction, the reader has the
opportunity to gain knowledge of the
prehistory of utopianism and the
oldest evidence of utopian
egalitarianism in human history.
This is followed by the ancient and
Christian tradition of utopianism,
which leads the emergence of utopia
as a literary genre in modern times.
Following are descriptions of the
most important modern utopias and
their authors (More, Campanella,
Bacon), but also less known utopias
at the turn of the 16th and 17th
centuries. This is followed by the
periodof the Enlightenment Utopia
and the natural law theory of Mably,
Rousseau, Morelly and Babuef. This
chapter
ends
with Babeuf’s influence in the
revolutionary theories of the 19th
century. The largest part of Utopian
history is devoted to the three
greats of Utopian socialism:
Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen and
also authors such as Etienne Cabet
and Robert de Lamennais. Marginally,
the book also deals with German
utopia and utopian elements in the
works of Kant, Hegel, Bolzano,
Weitling, with a continuation of
Marxism. A novelty in the present
research is utopianism in the Slovak
context, which focuses primarily on
Messianism as a specific form of
philosophy of history and practical
social activities of national
revivalists and social revolts. The
epilogue to history is followed by
the last, third chapter, which deals
with utopia and utopianism in the
context of philosophical reasoning
for the problems of the 21st
century.
