Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Bücher

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Masaryk's book on suicide, published in 1881 in Vienna, deserves special attention in more than one respect. On the one hand it is a striking document of Austrian intellectual history, a philosophical-anthropological work attempting a unification of the Catholic belief in authority with elements of Protestant individualism. On the other hand, it is an important early study of the problem of suicide in general and of the high Austrian suicide rate in particular. The introduction by J. C. Nyiri describes the historical context of Masaryk's work, analyses later and present-day suicide trends in the successor states of Austria-Hungary, and includes important reflections on the Philosophy and Sociology of Suicide in general. Of interest to: Philosophers, anthropo1ogists, social-psychologists, sociologists, historians

Předkládaná publikace náleží k ediční řadě Korespondence TGM a pomáhá rozšiřovat povědomí o Masarykových kontaktech se zahraničím. Úkolem tohoto edičního projektu je postupné zpřístupňování Masarykovy korespondence s Němci, významnými politiky, vědci, spisovateli, církevními činiteli a dalšími osobnostmi, kteří se narodili a žili mimo území Rakousko-Uherska. Na rozdíl od mnohých dosud vydaných svazků, v nichž je zdokumentována korespondence T. G. Masaryka s jednou osobností, obsahuje tento svazek korespondenci poměrně velké skupiny osob. V předkládané edici jsme zpracovali 206 dokumentů v němčině, 2 ve francouzštině a 1 v angličtině a doprovodili poznámkovým aparátem. Všechny publikujeme v jazyku originálu. Archivní dokumenty jsme čerpali z českých, německých a švýcarských archivů.