Czech underground philosophy

I provide a survey information about the Czech philosophy after 1989. I describe briefly the historical situation and the institutional background, as well as the main topics of discourse and groups of  cooperation. Then, I describe briefly the main figures of the post-1989 Czech philosophy, dividing them into five groups, namely the people of continuity (who were professionals in the 1970's and 1980's and remained in the profession after 1989), the people of discontinuity (the victims of the purges around 1970 who returned to the profession after 1989), the underground people (who were educated mainly in the underground philosophy circles), the people of exile, and the young blood. Finally, I introduce figures who do not belong to philosophy professionally but whose work is of philosophical relevance.