Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History (Paperback)

Heretical Essays is Patocka's final work, and one of his most exciting and iconoclastic. Patocka begins with prehistory, approached through the "natural world" as conceived by Husserl and Heidegger. According to Patocka, nature is as an alien construct, and history, which began as a quest for higher meaning, ends with life as self-sustaining consumption. Patocka explains how Europe declined from its Greek heritage to seek power rather than truth, splintering into ethnic subdivisions, and then how the Enlightenment moved Europe from an ethical to a material orientation. This book includes a translation of the Preface to the French Edition by Paul Ricoeur.

General

Imprint:	Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	1999
Editors:	James Dodd
Authors:	Jan Patocka
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	189
ISBN-13:	978-0-8126-9337-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	0-8126-9337-X
Barcode:	9780812693379

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