Abstract
This dissertation explores three case studies of pharmacologists which had been the Chair of Pharmacology at the Charles University of Prague in the early to mid-20th century and thereafter. Due to their different personal background and research interests, both their academic research work and also their personal lives are investigated, with regards to their contribution to modern pharmacology and also in terms of political victimization or preferential treatment.
The underlying methodological concept has to be seen in Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenological philosophy, drawing from the understanding of the individual's experiences, adding an interpretative view to his teacher's perception of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl. Thematically seen, all three pharmacologists are being reviewed in terms of their academic biography, including professional influences or direct academic collaborations.
To understand socio-political influences, also personal stances on philosophical issues as well as humanist interests have been considered, e. g. their ideas on public health or wider health policies, professional development of healthcare professions or their relations to the pharmaceutical industry itself. Based on a "thick description" (Geertz), the results of this research demonstrate implications of ideological interferences on academic careers, and also consider Ehrenreich's and Cole's "Perpetrator-Victim-Bystander-Model".