{"id":362211,"date":"2025-11-21T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=362211"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:18:59","slug":"aktualni-komentar-erika-besta-kundera-o-stredni-evrope-a-ceskoslovensku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/?p=362211","title":{"rendered":"AKTU\u00c1LN\u00cd KOMENT\u00c1\u0158 ERIKA BESTA: Kundera o st\u0159edn\u00ed Evrop\u011b a \u010ceskoslovensku"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><em>Nov\u00e9 anglick\u00e9 vyd\u00e1n\u00ed textu Milana Kundery z\u00a0roku 1985 obsahuje jeho definice 89 slov a\u00a0nese tent\u00fd\u017e n\u00e1zev. (Cel\u00fd n\u00e1zev knihy v\u00a0angli\u010dtin\u011b zn\u00ed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/89-words-followed-by-prague-a-disappearing-poem-milan-kundera?variant=43737978470434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">89 Words followed by Prague, A\u00a0Disappearing Poem<\/a>.) Z\u00a089 slov jsme vybrali dv\u011b, kter\u00e1 jsme p\u0159elo\u017eili do \u010de\u0161tiny.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>ST\u0158EDN\u00cd EVROPA. Sedmn\u00e1ct\u00e9 stolet\u00ed: obrovsk\u00e1 s\u00edla baroka dala t\u00e9to multin\u00e1rodnostn\u00ed oblasti bez jasn\u00e9ho centra, s\u00a0pohybliv\u00fdmi a\u00a0nedefinovateln\u00fdmi hranicemi, ur\u010ditou kulturn\u00ed jednotu. P\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00ed st\u00edn barokn\u00edho katolicismu se t\u00e1hl a\u017e do osmn\u00e1ct\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed: \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd Voltaire, \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd Fielding. V\u00a0hierarchii um\u011bn\u00ed to byla pr\u00e1v\u011b hudba, kter\u00e1 stoupala na vrchol. Od Haydna (a\u00a0a\u017e do Schoenberga a\u00a0Bart\u00f3ka) bylo toto gravita\u010dn\u00ed centrum evropsk\u00e9 hudby. Devaten\u00e1ct\u00e9 stolet\u00ed: n\u011bkolik mistrovsk\u00fdch b\u00e1sn\u00edk\u016f, av\u0161ak \u017e\u00e1dn\u00fd Flaubert; Biedermeier: z\u00e1voj idyly p\u0159ehozen\u00fd p\u0159es realitu. Ve dvac\u00e1t\u00e9m stolet\u00ed revolta. Velc\u00ed myslitel\u00e9 (Freud, romanopisci) znovu p\u0159ehodnotili to, co po stalet\u00ed bylo nezn\u00e1m\u00e9 a\u00a0nepochopen\u00e9: racion\u00e1ln\u00ed, demystifikuj\u00edc\u00ed luciditu; v\u00fdznam re\u00e1lna; rom\u00e1n. Jejich revolta byla prav\u00fdm opakem francouzsk\u00e9ho modernismu \u2013 byla iracion\u00e1ln\u00ed, antirealistick\u00e1, lyrick\u00e1. (To zp\u016fsobilo mnoho nedorozum\u011bn\u00ed.) Mount Rushmore nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch st\u0159edoevropsk\u00fdch romanopisc\u016f zahrnuje Kafku, Ha\u0161ka, Musila, Brocha a\u00a0Gombrowicze, kter\u00e9 spojuje averze k\u00a0romantismu; l\u00e1ska k\u00a0p\u0159edbalzacovsk\u00e9mu rom\u00e1nu a\u00a0k libertinsk\u00e9mu duchu (Broch interpretoval k\u00fd\u010d jako spiknut\u00ed monogamn\u00edch purit\u00e1n\u016f proti osv\u00edcenstv\u00ed); pohrd\u00e1n\u00ed histori\u00ed a\u00a0oslavov\u00e1n\u00ed budoucnosti; a\u00a0modernismus, kter\u00fd le\u017eel mimo iluze avantgardy.<\/p>\n<p>Zni\u010den\u00ed \u0159\u00ed\u0161e, n\u00e1sledovan\u00e9 kulturn\u00ed marginalizac\u00ed Rakouska a\u00a0politickou neexistenc\u00ed jeho ostatn\u00edch zem\u00ed po roce 1945, u\u010dinilo ze st\u0159edn\u00ed Evropy p\u0159edzv\u011bst, zrcadlo nastaven\u00e9 mo\u017en\u00e9mu osudu Evropy, laborato\u0159 soumraku.<\/p>\n<p>\u010cESKOSLOVENSKO. Ve sv\u00fdch rom\u00e1nech nikdy nepou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1m slovo \u201e\u010ceskoslovensko\u201c, i\u00a0kdy\u017e se v\u011bt\u0161ina z\u00a0nich odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 pr\u00e1v\u011b tam. Tato slo\u017eenina je p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 mlad\u00e1 (vznikla v\u00a0roce 1918), nem\u00e1 ko\u0159eny sahaj\u00edc\u00ed hluboko do minulosti, postr\u00e1d\u00e1 kr\u00e1su a\u00a0prozrazuje nesourod\u00fd a\u00a0absurdn\u011b mlad\u00fd charakter (neprov\u011b\u0159en\u00fd \u010dasem) toho, co se sna\u017e\u00ed pojmenovat. I\u00a0kdy\u017e je mo\u017en\u00e9 na z\u00e1klad\u011b tak chab\u00e9ho slova vytvo\u0159it n\u00e1rod (a\u00a0u\u010dinit tak z\u00e1m\u011brn\u011b), nelze o\u00a0n\u011bm napsat rom\u00e1n. Proto v\u017edycky pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1m slovo \u201e\u010cechy\u201c, star\u00fd v\u00fdraz pro tento n\u00e1rod. Z\u00a0hlediska politick\u00e9 geografie to nen\u00ed \u00fapln\u011b spr\u00e1vn\u00e9 (moji p\u0159ekladatel\u00e9 z\u00a0toho ob\u010das \u0161\u00edl\u00ed), ale z\u00a0poetick\u00e9ho hlediska je to jedin\u00e1 mo\u017enost.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Erik BEST<\/strong><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136426 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/28\/erik-best.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"279\" \/>Erik Best<\/strong>\u00a0<em>se narodil 11. \u0159\u00edjna 1962 v Severn\u00ed Karol\u00edn\u011b na v\u00fdchod\u011b Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f. Prakticky cel\u00e9 d\u011btstv\u00ed v\u0161ak pro\u017eil v Montan\u011b, na severoz\u00e1pad\u011b USA, kam se jeho rodi\u010de p\u0159est\u011bhovali kr\u00e1tce po jeho narozen\u00ed. V roce 1985 absolvoval s bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fdm titulem z v\u00fdchodoevropsk\u00fdch studi\u00ed na Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. B\u011bhem tohoto studia se zam\u011b\u0159oval na rusk\u00fd jazyk, v \u010dem\u017e pokra\u010doval i na Middlebury College ve Vermontu, kde z\u00edskal magistersk\u00fd titul. V r\u00e1mci vzd\u011bl\u00e1v\u00e1n\u00ed t\u00e9to univerzit\u011b dvakr\u00e1t studijn\u011b pob\u00fdval letech 1983 a 1984 v Moskv\u011b. V dal\u0161\u00edch letech studoval obchod na University of North Carolina. Titul MBA zde z\u00edskal v roce 1987. Erik Best se v \u010cesku o\u017eenil. Jeho man\u017eelka Dita je \u010desk\u00e9ho p\u016fvodu. Spole\u010dn\u011b vychov\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i d\u011bt\u00ed. V Praze podle vlastn\u00edch slov \u017eije od \u00fanora roku 1991. P\u0159esn\u011b rok pot\u00e9 zde za\u010dal pro m\u00edstn\u00ed anglicky hovo\u0159\u00edc\u00ed komunitu vyd\u00e1vat denn\u00ed zpravodaj Fleet Sheet, stru\u010dn\u00fd p\u0159ehled vybran\u00fdch zpr\u00e1v z \u010desk\u00e9ho tisku. P\u016fvodn\u011b p\u0159edpokl\u00e1dal, \u017ee v\u011bt\u0161ina cizinc\u016f Prahu je\u0161t\u011b p\u0159ed rokem 2000 opust\u00ed, tak\u017ee jeho vydavatelsk\u00e9 vize nem\u011bly horizont del\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e \u0161est let. K \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9mu odchodu cizinc\u016f z \u010cesk\u00e9 republiky v\u0161ak nedo\u0161lo a Fleet Sheet nav\u00edc postupn\u011b p\u0159il\u00e1kal i \u010desk\u00e9 p\u0159edplatitele. N\u00e1klad bulletinu se proto zv\u011bt\u0161il a vych\u00e1z\u00ed doposud. Sv\u00e9 po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed tuzemsk\u00e9 podnikatelsk\u00e9 aktivity zah\u00e1jil Erik Best na ja\u0159e 1992 jako \u017eivnostn\u00edk. Na podzim 1994 zalo\u017eil spole\u010dnost The Bohemia Daily Standard, jej\u00edm\u017e je jednatelem a spolumajitelem. V roce 2000 zalo\u017eil se svoj\u00ed man\u017eelkou Ditou Bestovou nakladatelstv\u00ed E. S. Best, kter\u00e9 je ofici\u00e1ln\u00edm vydavatelem obou zpravodaj\u016f. S rozvojem internetu toti\u017e Erik Best za\u010d\u00e1tkem tis\u00edcilet\u00ed roz\u0161\u00ed\u0159il sv\u00e9 publika\u010dn\u00ed aktivity a od roku 2001 vyd\u00e1v\u00e1 je\u0161t\u011b elektronick\u00fd Final Word. Od roku 2010 existuje i jeho \u010desk\u00e1 mutace. Final Word je kr\u00e1tk\u00fd a origin\u00e1ln\u00ed denn\u00ed koment\u00e1\u0159 p\u0159ipraven\u00fd t\u00fdmem Erika Besta, v\u011bnovan\u00fd v\u00fdznamn\u00fdm ekonomick\u00fdm a politick\u00fdm t\u00e9mat\u016fm posledn\u00edch dn\u016f. Pr\u00e1v\u011b d\u00edky sv\u00e9mu elektronick\u00e9mu bulletinu Final Word vstoupil Erik Best do \u0161ir\u0161\u00edho pov\u011bdom\u00ed \u010desk\u00e9 ve\u0159ejnosti a za\u010dal b\u00fdt zv\u00e1n do \u010desk\u00fdch rozhlasov\u00fdch a televizn\u00edch po\u0159ad\u016f. V letech 2011\u20132013 publikoval sv\u00e9 post\u0159ehy tak\u00e9 na blogu Aktu\u00e1ln\u011b.cz. Prezident republiky Milo\u0161 Zeman ud\u011blil 28. \u0159\u00edjna 2018 Eriku Bestovi st\u00e1tn\u00ed vyznamen\u00e1n\u00ed \u2013 medaili Za z\u00e1sluhy o st\u00e1t.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov\u00e9 anglick\u00e9 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/21\/best-211125.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362226,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362211\/revisions\/362226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/362225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zakrasnejsivimperk.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}