Jan Patočka and the Phenomenology of Life After Death

179 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume contains for the first time in English, Jan Patočka’s seminal essay “The Phenomenology of Afterlife”, as well as contributions surrounding and analyzing this text. In his essay, Patočka reflects on our relation to the dead and on how the departure of a loved one affects our continued existence. The premise of Patočka’s investigation is that our existence always takes place by and through an originary and reciprocal “being for others”. 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.

• Reihe: Contributions to Phenomenology
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen Nach 1800 Phänomenologie und Existenzphilosophie
• ISBN: 9783031495472
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2023
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Gustav Strandberg, Hugo Strandberg