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Ivan Sviták (10 October 1925 in Hranice na Moravě – 20 October 1994 in Prague) was a Czech philosopher critic and poet who ranked among Europe’s most prominent proponents of Marxist humanism. In a vast oeuvre of essays Sviták addressed questions of democracy and socialism of art in bureaucratic and consumer societies and of the unbearable burden of political catastrophe in Czech history.

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birth date
1925-10-10
birth place
Czechoslovakia, Hranice (Přerov District)
death date
1994-10-20
death place
Czech Republic, Prague
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced by
Karl Marx, Surrealism
main interest
Aesthetics, Politics, Social philosophy
philosophicalSchool
Marxism, Marxist humanism

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