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Patocka's celebrated Introduction, here made available in English for the first time, is not an introduction in the ordinary sense of the term. Patocka ranges over the whole of Husserl's output, from The Philosophy of Arithmetic to The Crisis of the European Sciences, and traces the evolution of all the central issues of Husserlian phenomenology - intentionality, categorial intuition, temporality, the subject-body; the concrete a priori, and transcendental subjectivity. But rather than attempting to give a tour of Husserl's workshop, Patocka is himself hard at work on Husserl's problems.

Patocka, like few others before or since, combined what was best in Husserl and Heidegger, but at the same time found for himself a distinct, original philosophical voice. Both his originality and his synthesis of the two dominant strands of classical phenomenology are evident here, as Patocka pursues the threefold theme of subject body, human community, and the phenomenological understanding of "world." This volume is an excellent introduction to philosophy in the phenomenological tradition.

The Czech philosopher Jan Patocka (1907-1977), who studied with Husserl and Heidegger, is widely recognized as the most influential thinker to come from postwar Eastern Europe. Refusing to join the Communist party after World War II, he was banned from academia and publication for the rest of his life, except for a brief time following the liberalizations of the Prague spring of 1968. Joining Vaclav Havel and Jiri Hajek as a spokesman for the Chart 77 human-rights declaration of 1977, Patocka was harassed by authorities, arrested, and finally died of a heart attack during prolonged interrogation.

Plato and Europe, arguably Patocka’s most important book, consists of a series of lectures delivered in the homes of friends after his last banishment from the academy just three years before his death. Here, he presents his most mature ideas about the history of Western philosophy, arguing that the idea of the care of the soul is fundamental to the philosophical tradition beginning with the Greeks. Explaining how the care of the soul is elaborated as the problem of how human beings may make their world one of truth and justice, Patocka develops this thesis through a treatment of Plato, Democritus, and Aristotle, showing how considerations about the soul are of central importance in their writings. He demonstrates in vivid fashion how this idea forms the spiritual heritage of Europe.

One of the most important Central European philosophers of this century, Jan Patocka (1907-77) was a student and heir of Masaryk, Husserl, and Heidegger as well as a philosopher and historian of ideas in his own right. Patocka, who was forced to retire prematurely from Charles University in Prague for his political convictions, died of a brain hemorrhage while under Czech police interrogation for having signed the human rights manifesto Charta 77. Although many of his works are available in French and German, in this volume Erazim KohÃ¡k has translated Patocka's central philosophical texts into English for the first time.

As a student and personal friend of Husserl, Patocka was keenly aware of the focal role of reason in the constitution of experienced reality. Simultaneously, as a student of Heidegger, he was no less aware of the irreducible autonomy of that reality. This double recognition led Patocka on a lifelong philosophical quest for a synthesis that would bridge modernity's split between the freedom of humans and the givenness of the world and, more broadly, between the Enlightenment and romanticism. For the philosophical reader, Patocka's perceptive writings provide the most helpful key to understanding the basic modern dialogue acted out by Husserl and Heidegger. Yet Patocka, widely respected for his writings on culture and the arts as well as for his studies of J. A. Comenius and the history of science, offers much more: a comprehensive attempt to come to terms with our intellectual heritage and our divided present.

KohÃ¡k, as well as translating the writings, provides a comprehensive introduction, covering the full scope of Patocka's thought, and a complete bibliography of his writings. The result is an intellectually rich volume equally well suited as an introduction to Patocka, an advanced study in phenomenology, and a historical insight into philosophy behind the Iron Curtain since 1938.

1. Caring for the Soul in a Postmodern Age: Politics and Phenomenology in the Thought of Jan Patocka by Edward F. Findlay
	Paperback: 259 Pages (2002-09) list price: US$22.95 -- used & new: US$21.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 079145486X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description The first full exploration of the political thought of Jan Patocka, student of Husserl and Heidegger and mentor of Vaclav Havel. ... Read more

2. Introduction to Husserl's Phenomenology by Jan Patocka
	Hardcover: 212 Pages (1999-02-17) list price: US$35.95 -- used & new: US$25.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0812693388 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Patocka's celebrated Introduction, here made available in English for the first time, is not an introduction in the ordinary sense of the term. Patocka ranges over the whole of Husserl's output, from The Philosophy of Arithmetic to The Crisis of the European Sciences, and traces the evolution of all the central issues of Husserlian phenomenology - intentionality, categorial intuition, temporality, the subject-body; the concrete a priori, and transcendental subjectivity. But rather than attempting to give a tour of Husserl's workshop, Patocka is himself hard at work on Husserl's problems. ... Read more

3. Body, Community, Language, World by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 208 Pages (1999-01-12) list price: US$19.95 -- used & new: US$11.47 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0812693590 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Patocka, like few others before or since, combined what was best in Husserl and Heidegger, but at the same time found for himself a distinct, original philosophical voice. Both his originality and his synthesis of the two dominant strands of classical phenomenology are evident here, as Patocka pursues the threefold theme of subject body, human community, and the phenomenological understanding of "world." This volume is an excellent introduction to philosophy in the phenomenological tradition. ... Read more

4. Plato and Europe (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 252 Pages (2002-04-01) list price: US$22.95 -- used & new: US$21.28 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0804738017 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description The Czech philosopher Jan Patocka (1907-1977), who studied with Husserl and Heidegger, is widely recognized as the most influential thinker to come from postwar Eastern Europe. Refusing to join the Communist party after World War II, he was banned from academia and publication for the rest of his life, except for a brief time following the liberalizations of the Prague spring of 1968. Joining Vaclav Havel and Jiri Hajek as a spokesman for the Chart 77 human-rights declaration of 1977, Patocka was harassed by authorities, arrested, and finally died of a heart attack during prolonged interrogation. Plato and Europe, arguably Patocka’s most important book, consists of a series of lectures delivered in the homes of friends after his last banishment from the academy just three years before his death. Here, he presents his most mature ideas about the history of Western philosophy, arguing that the idea of the care of the soul is fundamental to the philosophical tradition beginning with the Greeks. Explaining how the care of the soul is elaborated as the problem of how human beings may make their world one of truth and justice, Patocka develops this thesis through a treatment of Plato, Democritus, and Aristotle, showing how considerations about the soul are of central importance in their writings. He demonstrates in vivid fashion how this idea forms the spiritual heritage of Europe. ... Read more

5. Jan Patocka: Philosophy and Selected Writings by Erazim Kohak
	Hardcover: 400 Pages (1989-10-05) list price: US$85.00 -- used & new: US$85.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0226450015 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description One of the most important Central European philosophers of this century, Jan Patocka (1907-77) was a student and heir of Masaryk, Husserl, and Heidegger as well as a philosopher and historian of ideas in his own right. Patocka, who was forced to retire prematurely from Charles University in Prague for his political convictions, died of a brain hemorrhage while under Czech police interrogation for having signed the human rights manifesto Charta 77. Although many of his works are available in French and German, in this volume Erazim KohÃ¡k has translated Patocka's central philosophical texts into English for the first time. As a student and personal friend of Husserl, Patocka was keenly aware of the focal role of reason in the constitution of experienced reality. Simultaneously, as a student of Heidegger, he was no less aware of the irreducible autonomy of that reality. This double recognition led Patocka on a lifelong philosophical quest for a synthesis that would bridge modernity's split between the freedom of humans and the givenness of the world and, more broadly, between the Enlightenment and romanticism. For the philosophical reader, Patocka's perceptive writings provide the most helpful key to understanding the basic modern dialogue acted out by Husserl and Heidegger. Yet Patocka, widely respected for his writings on culture and the arts as well as for his studies of J. A. Comenius and the history of science, offers much more: a comprehensive attempt to come to terms with our intellectual heritage and our divided present. KohÃ¡k, as well as translating the writings, provides a comprehensive introduction, covering the full scope of Patocka's thought, and a complete bibliography of his writings. The result is an intellectually rich volume equally well suited as an introduction to Patocka, an advanced study in phenomenology, and a historical insight into philosophy behind the Iron Curtain since 1938. ... Read more

6. Jan Patocka : philosophie, phÃ©nomÃ©nologie, politique by Marc Richir, Etienne Tassin, politique (1990 : Paris phÃ©nomÃ©nologie Colloque Jan Patocka : philosophie France)
	Paperback: 254 Pages (1993-07-01) -- used & new: US$45.61 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 2905614676 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

7. Die Welt des Menschen-Die Welt der Philosophie: Festschrift fÃ¼r Jan Patocka Herausgegeben von dem Husserl-Archiv zu LÃ¶wen und W. Biemel (Phaenomenologica) by W. Biemel
	Hardcover: 340 Pages (1976-11-30) list price: US$254.00 -- used & new: US$1.64 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 9024718996 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

8. Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 200 Pages (1996-11) list price: US$19.95 Isbn: 081269337X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

9. L'idÃ©e de l'Europe en BohÃªme by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 224 Pages (1991-07-01) -- used & new: US$44.55 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 2905614579 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

10. L'art et le temps by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 374 Pages (1991-10-01) -- used & new: US$46.47 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 2867441218 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

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14. El cielo en las filosofias de Husserl, Patocka y Heidegger (II parte).: An article from: Revista de FilosofÃa de la Universidad de Costa Rica by Angel E. Garrido-Maturano
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11. La crise du sens (Ousia) by Jan Patocka
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12. Platon et l'Europe: Seminaire prive du semestre d'ete 1973 (La Nuit surveillee) by Jan Patocka
	Unknown Binding: 316 Pages (1983) -- used & new: US$43.40 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 286432024X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

13. Andere Wege in die Moderne by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 480 Pages (2005-06-30) Isbn: 3826028465 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

15. Liberte et sacrifice. ecrits politiques by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 388 Pages (1993-07-01) -- used & new: US$49.88 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 290561448X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

16. Qu'est-ce que la phÃ©nomÃ©nologie ? by Jan Patocka
	Paperback: 285 Pages (2002-09-27) Isbn: 2841371352 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

17. Dve studie o Masarykovi 1977 (Edice Petlice) by Jan Patocka
	Unknown Binding: 135 Pages (1980) Isbn: 0887810780 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

18. El Movimiento De La Existencia Humana/ The Movement Of the Human Existence by Jan Patocka
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19. Jan Potocka: L'esprit de la dissidence (Collection Le bien commun) by Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
	Unknown Binding: 123 Pages (1998) -- used & new: US$29.39 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 2841860701 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

20. Studien zur Philosophie von Jan Patocka (Phenomenological studies)
	Turtleback: 176 Pages (1985) Isbn: 3495475710 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan