Risk of Freedom Ethics Phenompb

An examination of the moral and political aspects of the philosophical work of Jan Patöka, one of the most influential Central European philosophers of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Foreword / Note to the English Translation / Key Abbreviations / 1. The Call of Freedom / 2. Risk and Shelter / 3. The Non-Evidence of Reality / 4. Movement, World, History / 5.The Praxis of Dissent / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Francesco Tava is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Social Sciences at University of the West of England, Bristol. His main research interests are in political philosophy, phenomenology, and applied ethics. He is particularly interested in problems surrounding the meaning and function of political solidarity in the European context.

Summary

An examination of the moral and political aspects of the philosophical work of Jan Patocka, one of the most influential Central European philosophers of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Tava, Tava Francesco
• Assisted by: Jane Ledlie (Translation), Ledlie Jane (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781783483785
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-378-5
• Series: Reframing the Boundaries: Thinking the Political
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism