Anglo-American University in Prague Collaboration: the good, the bad and the ugly
Join the History and Philosophy Seminar to learn about Alois Eliáš, army general, Prime Minister of the Nazi-occupied Protectorate, and ally to the Czechoslovak resistance.
Christopher Cowley from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Charles University will discuss the juxtaposing impact of Eliáš, who was eventually arrested and executed, as a Nazi collaborator and resistance ally.
In the history books, Eliáš is a positive figure: his execution seems to be evidence that overall, he was doing more good than harm for the Czech people. And yet, the concept of ‘collaboration’ is normally negative, associated with the opportunist, the petty tyrant, the coward, or the libertine who—when judged after the occupation—will always claim good intentions.
This trip into the past will explore the ‘spectrum of collaboration’, from the good to the bad to the ugly, and ask how these might be reliably distinguished.
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