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Thinking After Europe: Jan Patočka and Politics
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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Abstract
- Jan Patočka, perhaps more so than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, managed to combine intense philosophical insight with a farsighted analysis of the idea and challenges facing Europe as a historical, cultural and political signifier. As a political dissident in communist Czechoslovakia he also became a moral and political inspiration to a generation of Czechs, including Václav Havel. He accomplished this in a time of intense political repression when not even the hint of a unified Europe seemed visible by showing in exemplary fashion how concrete thought can be without renouncing in any way its depth.Europe as an idea and a political project is a central issue in contemporary political theory. Patočka’s political thought offers many original insights into questions surrounding the European project. Here, for the first time, a group of leading scholars from different disciplines gathers together to discuss the specific political impact of Patočka’s philosophy and its lasting significance.
- Subjects :
- Europe
Jan Patočka
phenomenology
Political Philosophy
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od........83..4cb02fe1034ded3aa6394af82652de43