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- ISBN 9788024638539
- Dimensions: 152 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 15 Feb 2019
- Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
- Publication City/Country: CZ
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Thought necessarily reflects the times. Following the tragedy of the Holocaust, this fact became ever more clear. And it may be the reason postwar philosophical texts are so difficult to understand, since they confront incomprehensibly traumatic experiences. In this first English-language translation of any of his books, Miroslav Petr cek--one of the most influential and erudite Czech philosophers, and a student of Jan Patocka--argues that to exist in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, Western philosophy has had to rewrite its tradition and its discourse, radically transforming itself. Should philosophy be capable of bearing witness to the time, Petr cek contends, this metamorphosis in philosophy is necessary. Offering an original Central European perspective on postwar philosophical discourse that reflects upon the historical underpinnings of pop culture phenomena and complex philosophical schools--including Adorno, Agamben, Benjamin, Derrida, Husserl, Kracauer, and many others--Philosophy en noir is a record of this transformation.
Miroslav Petr cekis a Czech philosopher who teaches philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Charles University, Prague, and film studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He specializes in the relationship between philosophy and art. Phil Jones is a translator of Czech into English.
