Pavel Barša is a Czech political scientist, philosopher and publicist. He is a lecturer in social and political theory at the Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University and a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. He has published a number of books covering a wide range of topics – from feminist theory to foreign policy and international relations to the philosophy of emancipation and the origins of Zionism. His most recent book is Decadence and Revival. The Crisis of European Liberalism and the 'Jewish Question'.