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Academe is suffering from foreign occupiers

Lessons from Václav Havel for a profession in decline

Joshua Doležal
Jul 19, 2022
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Academe is suffering from foreign occupiers

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Heart shaped sculpture dedicated to Vaclav Havel
The heart-shaped tribute to Václav Havel in Prague. Photo by Joshua Doležal.

A famous saying goes something like this: If you are not a communist before the age of 20, you have no heart. If you are a communist after the age of 30, you have no head. The line has been falsely attributed to Winston Churchill and many other world leaders, often with “libera…

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