Description: This book offers selected papers by scholars from around the world, from a conference commemorating the groundbreaking work of the philosopher and human rights crusader Jan Patocka, on the occasion of his 100th year and the 30th anniversary of his death.
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"This book is a collection of twenty papers selected from the proceedings of an international conference held in Prague in April 2007 to commemorate the centenary of Jan Patočka's birth. Its publication is particularly welcome. ... this volume provides a very stimulating overview of Patočka's work, and it will be of substantial value to anyone with a serious interest in phenomenology ... . " (Bryan Smyth, Philosophy in Review, Vol. XXXI (5), 2011)