Abstract
In his recent works, the contemporary Czech philosopher Michael Hauser examines the current situation in philosophy, the social sciences, and the arts, and attempts to move beyond postmodernism as the dominant cultural system. According to Hauser, we are in a transition that announces itself with attempts to raise some questions again, especially the idea of universal emancipation, which postmodernism called a thing of the past.
Hauser believes that the future belongs to a new modernism which will benefit from postmodern experience. In this article, the author explores Hauser's thought.
Firstly, he deals with the question of where postmodernism has led us in philosophy and what its future may be. He then moves to Hauser's essay on the great early nineteenth-century Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha, and tries to revive certain features of modernist poetry as a way of surmounting postmodernism in art.
The article aims to present a critical examination of aspects of Hauser's project to overcome postmodernism, especially the idea of death as a personal choice.