Ondřej Lánský, Ph.D.
Ondřej Lánský has systematically dealt with several topics at the intersection of political theory, social theory, and political sociology. First, he develops analyses of political thought with an emphasis on the theories of elites and oligarchy. It focuses on analyses of oligarchic and plutocratic structures of modern society concerning the analysis of these topics in the Czech context. Secondly, he deals with the concept of resilience in political theory. He is Head of the Department of Political Philosophy and Globalization Research at the Institute of Philosophy of the CAS. He is also involved in the activities of the National Institute for Socio-Economic Research on the Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI). He lectures at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the Faculty of Education, Charles University. In 2017, he was a Fulbright Research Scholar at Rutgers University, New Jersey (USA).
ORCID: 0000-0002-6626-5605
ResearcherID: H-4500-2014
Academia.edu: https://cas-cz.academia.edu/OndrejLansky
Position: head of department, researcher
Research Interests:
- analyses of political thought with emphasis on the theories of elites and oligarchy
- resilience in political theory
Selected Publications:
Lánský, Ondřej. Resilience as a Methodological Challenge for Axel Honneth’s Critical Theory. FILOZOFIA. 2024, roč. 79, č. 10, s. 1144–1158. ISSN 0046-385X. [Journal article; Web of Science; Philosophy; Q2; https://filozofia.sav.sk/index.php/en/view/details/regular/2024/10/7521]
Lánský, Ondřej. Transformations of Democracy and the Problem of Wealth: Some Remarks on Oligarchy and the Czech Case. In: Bíba, Jan (ed.). Democracy and Opinion: On Nadia Urbinati´s Democratic Theory. Special Issue, Filosofický časopis 2024/1. Praha: Filosofia, 2024, pp. 101–123. ISBN 978-80-7007-780-1. [Journal article; https://filcasop.flu.cas.cz/cz/mimoradna-cisla/97-jan-biba-ed-democracy-and-opinion]
Lánský, Ondřej. Experti ve služnách politiky: vliv politické vědy a sociologie na Akční program KSČ [Experts in the Service of Politics: The Influence of Political Science and Sociology on The Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]. In: Hauser, Michael (ed.). Pražské jaro: Logika Nového světa. Od reforem k revoluci [The Prague Spring: The Logic of a New World. From Reforms to Revolution]. Praha: Filosofia, 2022, pp. 219–246. ISBN 978-80-7007-727-6. [Book Chapter. In Czech.]
Lánský, Ondřej; Sochor, Lubomír (eds.). Materiály k teorii elit a k její kritice. Od klasiků do sedmdesátých let 20. století. [Materials for Elite Theory and Its Critique. From Classics to 1970s]. Praha: Filosofia, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7007-552-4. [Book editor and Introduction. In Czech.]
Lánský, Ondřej. Je třeba zavrhnout liberalismus? K jednomu problému modernity. [Should Liberalism Be Rejected? On One Problem of Modernity]. Praha: Filosofia, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7007-439-8. [Book author. In Czech.]
Publications:
- articles
- chapters
Grants, research fellowships, scholarships and awards:
- 2023-until now: National Institute for Socio-Economic Research on the Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks (SYRI); ID: GA MŠk(CZ) LX22NPO5101; member of the research team; https://www.syri.institute/
- 2024-until now: Program Strategy AV21: Identities in the World of Wars and Crises; researcher of the research activity Transformation of Identity from Traditional to Postmodern; https://identity.mua.cas.cz/cs/english
- 2016-2017 (7 months): Fulbright-Masaryk Visiting Scholar at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)
- 2006-2014: Centre for Global Studies, Joint Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Prague; member of the scientific team
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