James Dodd gives us a lucid and comprehensive account of Patokas work, thought, and life: his idea of Europe and its classical origins; his background in phenomenology; and his role in the turbulent events of postwar Prague. For Dodd, Patokas thinking can be characterized as a philosophy of history rooted in a phenomenological ontology. David Carr, author of Experience and History: Phenomenological Perspectives on the Historical World
The best synthetic account of Patokas thought Ive read. Dodd reads Patoka with an empathy and generosity; he writes of him in a way absolutely devoid of hagiography (which is not so easy when dealing with a Socrates-like figure), defensiveness, and apologetics. The analysis is subtle, the writing deeply reflective and never gratuitously polemical. Marci Shore, author of The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
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