Overview
- Contains the first English translation of Jan Patočka's seminal essay, "The Phenomenology of Life After Death"
- Reveals the historical context of Patočka essay
- Reflects on the relation to those dearly departed and the consequences therein for our continued existence
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 128)
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The contributors in the volume extend the field of inquiry into the wider phenomenological and post-phenomenological discussion of death by being cognizant of how works of literature can broaden our understanding of the care of death, grief, forgiveness and non-reciprocal love. Also included are reflections on issues of philosophical anthropology, community, collective memory, and the ecstatic nature of life – issues that can all be related back to Patočka’s initial reflections, but which nonetheless radiate intoa myriad of directions. This volume appeals to students and researchers in the field.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gustav Strandberg is a philosopher and translator, based at Södertörn University, Stockholm. He is the author of a monograph on Patočka, entitled Politikens omskakning: negativitet, samexistens och frihet i Jan Patočkas tänkande (The Tremor of Politics: Negativity, Co-existence, and Freedom in the Thought of Jan Patočka) and the editor of a forthcoming volume entitled Populism and the People in Contemporary Critical Thought, published by Bloomsbury in 2023.
Hugo Strandberg is associate professor of philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. He is the author of several monographs, the two most recent being Self-Knowledge and Self-Deception and Forgiveness and Moral Understanding, both published by Palgrave (in 2015 and 2021).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jan Patočka and the Phenomenology of Life After Death
Editors: Gustav Strandberg, Hugo Strandberg
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49548-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49547-2Published: 13 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49550-2Due: 26 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49548-9Published: 12 December 2023
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 179
Topics: Phenomenology, Social Philosophy, Ethics