| Summary: | The article problematizes the apparent contradictions in the argument of K. Havlíček, the opponent of Kapper's poetry collection České listy (1846), and of V. B. Nebeský, Kapper's supporter, by considering the sources pf the Czech national consciousness of both protagonists on the one hand, and by analyzing the broader context of the Czech-Jewish-German social and cultural life in mid 1840s on the other. The author of the article sees Kapper's "revolutirariness" manifested in Kapper's attempt at the literary and cultural integration, which stands in contrast to Havlíček's more traditional attitude. Havlíček, at the time of his critical intervention (he modified his attitude later on), excluded any participation of Jews in the social and public life of the Czech society. It is however apparent that the Czech elite was not indifferent to Kapper's rejection, as we can see from engaged (and yet overlooked) reaction of Karel Štorch, Kapper's supporter.
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