Into The World: The Movement Of Patočka’s Phenomenology

Critically evaluating and synthesizing all the previous research on the phenomenology of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, the book brings a new voice into contemporary philosophical discussions. It elucidates the development of Patočka’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 Patočka’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 Patočka’s concept of the movement of existence as the most promising part of his asubjective phenomenology. The book appeals to new readers of Patočka 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 Patočka’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. "Critically evaluating and synthesizing all the previous research on the phenomenology of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, the book brings a new voice into contemporary philosophical discussions. It elucidates the development of Patočka'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 Patočka'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 Patočka's concept of the movement of existence as the most promising part of his asubjective phenomenology. The book appeals to new readers of Patočka 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 Patočka'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"--Back cover Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction (Martin Ritter)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Seeking Evidence (Martin Ritter)....Pages 13-18 Hubris of Transcendental Idealism (Martin Ritter)....Pages 19-29 Life of Inwardness (Martin Ritter)....Pages 31-41 Basically Negative Being in the World (Martin Ritter)....Pages 43-52 Call of Transcendence (Martin Ritter)....Pages 53-64 At the Heart of Space (Martin Ritter)....Pages 65-75 Movement of Existence (Martin Ritter)....Pages 77-86 Asubjective Phenomenology (Martin Ritter)....Pages 87-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 (Dis)Appropriating (the) Body (Martin Ritter)....Pages 103-113 Performing the Soul Through Movement (Martin Ritter)....Pages 115-127 Thinking (A)Subjectivity Through Mediality (Martin Ritter)....Pages 129-143 Passing Through the World (as) Crisis (Martin Ritter)....Pages 145-159 Super-Civilized Existence (Martin Ritter)....Pages 161-170 Omnia Vincit Amor (Martin Ritter)....Pages 171-183