Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History

James Dodd, Jan Patocka, Paul Ricoeur , Erazim Kohak

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Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
27 January 1999

Literary essays; History: theory & methods; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

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.

By: Jan Patocka
Preface by: Paul Ricoeur
Edited by: James Dodd
Translated by: Erazim Kohak
Imprint: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9780812693379
ISBN 10: 081269337X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 27 January 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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