Thinking After Europe

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<span><span>Jan Patoka, perhaps more so than any other philosopher in the twentieth century, managed to combine intense philosophical insight with a farsighted analysis of the idea and challenges facing Europe as a historical, cultural and political signifier. As a political dissident in communist Czechoslovakia he also became a moral and political inspiration to a generation of Czechs, including Václav Havel. He accomplished this in a time of intense political repression when not even the hint of a unified Europe seemed visible by showing in exemplary fashion how concrete thought can be without renouncing in any way its depth.<br><br>Europe as an idea and a political project is a central issue in contemporary political theory. Patokas political thought offers many original insights into questions surrounding the European project. Here, for the first time, a group of leading scholars from different disciplines gathers together to discuss the specific political impact of Patokas philosophy and its lasting significance.</span><span></span></span>

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<span><span>Francesco Tava</span><span> is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Husserl-Archives: Centre for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy at the KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of</span><span>The Risk of Freedom</span><span> (2015).<br><br></span><span>Darian Meacham</span><span> is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the West of England. He is the editor of</span><span>Medicine and Society: New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy</span><span> (2015).<br><br></span><span>Contributors:</span><span><br>Suzi Adams, Senior Lecturer, Flinders University of South Australia; Marion Bernard, Postdoctoral Scholar, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Tamara Caraus, Postdoctoral Scholar, New Europe College</span><span></span><span>Bucarest; Ivan Chvatík, Director of the Jan Patoka Archive, Prague; James Dodd, Associate Professor of Philosophy, New School of Social Research; Simona Forti, Professor of Political Philosophy, Università del Piemonte Orientale; Ludger Hagedorn, Professor, IWM Vienna and New York University; Daniel Leufer, Graduate Student, University of Leuven; Giuseppe Menditto, Postdoctoral Scholar, Università di Roma La Sapienza; James Mensch, Professor of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague; Riccardo Paparusso, Lecturer, Angelicum University, Rome; Jiri Priban, Professor, Cardiff University; Teresa Pullano, Postdoctoral Scholar, Université Libre de Bruxelles; Ovidiu Stanciu, Graduate Student, Bergische Universität Wuppertal; Michael Staudigl, Senior Lecturer, University of Vienna; Lubica Uník, Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University, Australia; Nicolas De Warren, Professor, University of Leuven</span></span>

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