Patocka´s high relevance confirmed by the leading phenomenologists
Patocka´s constructive criticism of Husserl and Heidegger explained and accepted by the leading phenomenologists
Jan Patocka – an unknown philosopher from behind the late "iron curtain" – is for the first time presented to broader audience by the leading contemporary phenomenologists
Ivan Chvatík finished his graduate study under the supervision of leading Czech philosopher Jan Patocka. After Patocka´s death in 1977, he became head of the clandestine Jan Patocka Archive, which now has become part of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. In 1993, he became the co-director of the Center for Theoretical Study, an interdisciplinary institute for advanced study at Charles University and the Academy of Science. He became the editor of the first complete Czech translation of Martin Heidegger´s Being and Time (1996), and is currently in charge of editing Patocka´s Complete Works (twelve volumes published to date out of a planned twenty-five).
Whereas for the wider public Jan Patocka is known mainly as a defender of human rights and one of the first spokespersons of Charter 77, who died in Prague several days after long interrogations by secret police of the Communist regime, the international philosophical community sees in him an important and inspiring thinker, who in an original way elaborated the great impulses of European thought – mainly Husserl´s phenomenology and Heidegger´s philosophy of existence. Patocka also reflected on history and the future of humanity in a globalized world and laid the foundations of an original philosophy of history. His work is a subject of lively philosophical discussion especially in French and German-speaking countries, and recently also in Spanish-speaking, in U.S.A., and in the Far East.
Scholars from around the world who are interested in the philosophy of Jan Patocka gathered in Prague to commemorate his centenary and the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The conference explored the significance of his work and its continuing influence on contemporary philosophy.
The volume presents selected papers from the conference in English language.
Ivan Chvatík, Preface; Václav Havel, Remembering Jan Patocka; Miroslav Petrícek, Jan Patocka: Phenomenological Philosophy Today; Petr Pithart, Questioning as a Prerequisite for a Meaningful Protest; Martin Palouš, Jan Patocka´s Socratic Message for the 21st Century; Marc Crepon, Fear, Courage, Anger: the Socratic Lesson; Josef Moural (Prague): Time and Responsibility, Kwok-ying Lau, Patocka´s Concept of Europe: an Intercultural Consideration; Steven Crowell, "Idealities of Nature”: Jan Patocka on Reflection and the Three Movements of Human Life, Eddo Evink, The Relevance of Patocka´s "Negative Platonism”; Burt Hopkins, Patocka´s Phenomenological Appropriation of Plato; Renaud Barbaras, Phenomenology and Henology; Tamás Ullmann, Negative Platonism and the Problem of Appearance; Pierre Rodrigo, Negative Platonism and Maximal Existence in the thought of Jan Patocka; Johann Arnason, Negative Platonism: Between the History of Philosophy and the Philosophy of History; James Mensch, Patocka and Artificial Intelligence; Domenico Jervolino, Reading Patocka, in search for a philosophy of translation; Ludger Hagedorn, Beyond Myth and Enlightenment; Marcia Schuback, Sacrifice and Salvation: Jan Patocka´s readings of Heidegger concerning the question of technique; Lubica Ucník, Patocka on Techno-Power and the Sacrificial Victim (Obet); James Dodd, The 20th Century as War
Whereas for the wider public Jan Patocka is known mainly through the circumstances of his death in Prague, on March 13, 1977, after long interrogations by the Communist secret police, as a defender of human and civic rights in Czechoslovakia and one of the first spokespersons of the Charter 77 movement, the international philosophical community sees in him an important and inspiring thinker, who elaborated in an original way the great wellsprings and impulses of European thought – mainly Husserl´s phenomenology and Heidegger´s philosophy of existence. Patocka also reflected on the future of humanity in a globalized world and laid the foundations of an original philosophy of history. His work is a subject of lively philosophical discussion especially in French and German-speaking countries, but also, more recently, in the Hispanic world, North America and the Far East.
In April 2007 scholars interested in Patocka´s philosophy gathered in Prague from around the world to commemorate his centenary and the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The conference explored the significance of his work and its growing influence on contemporary philosophy.
This volume presents in English language selected papers from the centenary conference
From the reviews:
"This book is a collection of twenty papers selected from the proceedings of an international conference held in Prague in April 2007 to commemorate the centenary of Jan Patocka´s birth. Its publication is particularly welcome. ... this volume provides a very stimulating overview of Patocka´s work, and it will be of substantial value to anyone with a serious interest in phenomenology ... . ” (Bryan Smyth, Philosophy in Review, Vol. XXXI (5), 2011)
This book offers selected papers by scholars from around the world, from a conference commemorating the groundbreaking work of the philosopher and human rights crusader Jan Patocka, on the occasion of his 100th year and the 30th anniversary of his death.
Whereas for the wider public Jan Patocka is known mainly as a defender of human rights and one of the first spokespersons of Charter 77, who died in Prague several days after long interrogations by secret police of the Communist regime, the international philosophical community sees in him an important and inspiring thinker, who in an original way elaborated the great impulses of European thought - mainly Husserl's phenomenology and Heidegger's philosophy of existence. Patocka also reflected on history and the future of humanity in a globalized world and laid the foundations of an original philosophy of history. His work is a subject of lively philosophical discussion especially in French and German-speaking countries, and recently also in Spanish-speaking, in U.S.A., and in the Far East.
Scholars from around the world who are interested in the philosophy of Jan Patocka gathered in Prague to commemorate his centenary and the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The conference explored the significance of his work and its continuing influence on contemporary philosophy.
The volume presents selected papers from the conference in English language.
Ivan Chvatík, Preface; Václav Havel, Remembering Jan Patocka; Miroslav Petrícek, Jan Patocka: Phenomenological Philosophy Today; Petr Pithart, Questioning as a Prerequisite for a Meaningful Protest; Martin Palous, Jan Patocka's Socratic Message for the 21st Century; Marc Crepon, Fear, Courage, Anger: the Socratic Lesson; Josef Moural (Prague): Time and Responsibility, Kwok-ying Lau, Patocka's Concept of Europe: an Intercultural Consideration; Steven Crowell, "Idealities of Nature": Jan Patocka on Reflection and the Three Movements of Human Life, Eddo Evink, The Relevance of Patocka's "Negative Platonism"; Burt Hopkins, Patocka's Phenomenological Appropriation of Plato; Renaud Barbaras, Phenomenology and Henology; Tamás Ullmann, Negative Platonism and the Problem of Appearance; Pierre Rodrigo, Negative Platonism and Maximal Existence in the thought of Jan Patocka; Johann Arnason, Negative Platonism: Between the History of Philosophy and the Philosophy of History; James Mensch, Patocka and Artificial Intelligence; Domenico Jervolino, Reading Patocka, in search for a philosophy of translation; Ludger Hagedorn, Beyond Myth and Enlightenment; Marcia Schuback, Sacrifice and Salvation: Jan Patocka's readings of Heidegger concerning the question of technique; Lubica Ucník, Patocka on Techno-Power and the Sacrificial Victim (Obet); James Dodd, The 20th Century as War
From the reviews:
"This book is a collection of twenty papers selected from the proceedings of an international conference held in Prague in April 2007 to commemorate the centenary of Jan Patocka's birth. Its publication is particularly welcome. ... this volume provides a very stimulating overview of Patocka's work, and it will be of substantial value to anyone with a serious interest in phenomenology ... . " (Bryan Smyth, Philosophy in Review, Vol. XXXI (5), 2011)
Ivan Chvatík finished his graduate study under the supervision of leading Czech philosopher Jan Patocka. After Patocka's death in 1977, he became head of the clandestine Jan Patocka Archive, which now has become part of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. In 1993, he became the co-director of the Center for Theoretical Study, an interdisciplinary institute for advanced study at Charles University and the Academy of Science. He became the editor of the first complete Czech translation of Martin Heidegger's Being and Time (1996), and is currently in charge of editing Patocka's Complete Works (twelve volumes published to date out of a planned twenty-five).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Ivan Chvatík, Preface; Václav Havel, Remembering Jan Patocka; Miroslav Petrícek, Jan Patocka: Phenomenological Philosophy Today; Petr Pithart, Questioning as a Prerequisite for a Meaningful Protest; Martin PalouS, Jan Patocka's Socratic Message for the 21st Century; Marc Crepon, Fear, Courage, Anger: the Socratic Lesson; Josef Moural (Prague): Time and Responsibility, Kwok-ying Lau, Patocka's Concept of Europe: an Intercultural Consideration; Steven Crowell, "Idealities of Nature": Jan Patocka on Reflection and the Three Movements of Human Life, Eddo Evink, The Relevance of Patocka's "Negative Platonism"; Burt Hopkins, Patocka's Phenomenological Appropriation of Plato; Renaud Barbaras, Phenomenology and Henology; Tamás Ullmann, Negative Platonism and the Problem of Appearance; Pierre Rodrigo, Negative Platonism and Maximal Existence in the thought of Jan Patocka; Johann Arnason, Negative Platonism: Between the History of Philosophy and the Philosophy of History; James Mensch, Patocka and Artificial Intelligence; Domenico Jervolino, Reading Patocka, in search for a philosophy of translation; Ludger Hagedorn, Beyond Myth and Enlightenment; Marcia Schuback, Sacrifice and Salvation: Jan Patocka's readings of Heidegger concerning the question of technique; Lubica Ucník, Patocka on Techno-Power and the Sacrificial Victim (Obet); James Dodd, The 20
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Century as War
Klappentext
Whereas for the wider public Jan Patocka is known mainly as a defender of human rights and one of the first spokespersons of Charter 77, who died in Prague several days after long interrogations by secret police of the Communist regime, the international philosophical community sees in him an important and inspiring thinker, who in an original way elaborated the great impulses of European thought - mainly Husserl's phenomenology and Heidegger's philosophy of existence. Patocka also reflected on history and the future of humanity in a globalized world and laid the foundations of an original philosophy of history. His work is a subject of lively philosophical discussion especially in French and German-speaking countries, and recently also in Spanish-speaking, in U.S.A., and in the Far East.
Scholars from around the world who are interested in the philosophy of Jan Patocka gathered in Prague to commemorate his centenary and the thirtieth anniversary of his death. The conference explored the significance of his work and its continuing influence on contemporary philosophy.
The volume presents selected papers from the conference in English language.
Patocka's high relevance confirmed by the leading phenomenologists
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Patocka's constructive criticism of Husserl and Heidegger explained and accepted by the leading phenomenologists
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Jan Patocka - an unknown philosopher from behind the late "iron curtain" - is for the first time presented to broader audience by the leading contemporary phenomenologists
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