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Ivan Landa is a Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, actively contributing to philosophical scholarship through research on Marxist theory and German idealism. His institutional affiliation centers on advancing critical theory within Central European academic contexts.
His research spans Eastern European and Soviet Marxism, German idealism, and Hegelianism, with systematic focus on dialectics, technology, emancipation, philosophy of practice, ideology, and propaganda. Notable editorial achievements include co-editing Karel Kosík and the Dialectics of the Concrete (Brill, 2022) and serving as chief editor for the Collected Works of Karel Kosík, alongside significant translation work including Lukács' History and Class Consciousness (2020) and Marcuse's Eros and Civilization (2025).
Landa has secured competitive research funding as principal investigator for projects like "Karel Kosík and the fate of phenomenological Marxism" (GA ČR 16-26686S, 2016-2018) and "Hegel’s philosophy of religion" (GA AV KJB900090902, 2009-2011), and as co-investigator for "Individualism in Czechoslovak philosophy 1918-1948" (GAČR 19-13180S, 2019-2021).
His distinguished recognitions include:
- Imre Kertész Kolleg Fellowship, University of Jena (2016)
- Paul Celan Fellowship, Vienna Institute for Human Sciences (2009)
- Jan Hus Foundation Scholarship (2007-2008)
Through monographs, translations, and editorial leadership, Landa shapes contemporary discourse on Marxist philosophy and its intersections with technology and emancipatory practice.
