To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History
Authors and Contributors      Edited by James Dodd
By (author) Jan Patocka
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Western philosophy from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9780812693379
ClassificationsDewey:901
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Publication Date 11 February 1999
Publication Country United States

Description

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.