Into the World: The Movement of Pato?ka's Phenomenology

Into the World: The Movement of Pato?ka's Phenomenology Synopsis

Critically evaluating and synthesizing all the previous research on the phenomenology of Czech philosopher Jan Pato?ka, the book brings a new voice into contemporary philosophical discussions. It elucidates the development of Pato?ka’s phenomenology and offers a critical appropriation of his work by connecting it with non-phenomenological approaches. The first half of the book offers a succinct, and systematizing, overview of Pato?ka’s phenomenology throughout its development to help readers appreciate the motives behind and grounds for its transformations. The second half systematically explicates, critically examines and creatively develops Pato?ka’s concept of the movement of existence as the most promising part of his asubjective phenomenology. The book appeals to new readers of Pato?ka as well as his scholars, and to students and researchers of contemporary philosophy concerned with topics such as embodiment, personal identity, intersubjectivity, sociality, or historicity. By re-assessing Pato?ka’s philosophy of history and his civilizational analysis, it also helps to better articulate the question of the place of Europe in the post-European world.