|
Jan Patocka (1907-77) was a Czech philosopher. He specialised in phenomenonology and the philosophy of history and his works include Plato and Europe, which was a collection of his lectures and Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History. Erin Plunkett is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She is currently researching the ontology and ethics of possibility in Kierkegaard and Jan Patocka. Her research interests are phenomenology, post-Kantian philosophy, Kierkegaard and existentialism, and the work of Stanley Cavell. Ivan Chvatík is Director of the Patocka Archive in Prague, Czech Republic, editor of the complete works of Patocka in Czech and German, and a former student of the philosopher. Alex Zucker has translated novels by the Czech authors Bianca Bellová, Petra Hulová, Jáchym Topol, J. R. Pick, Magdaléna Platzová, Tomás Zmeskal, Josef Jedlicka, Heda Margolius Kovály, Patrik Ouredník, and Miloslava Holubová. He has also translated stories, plays, subtitles, young adult and children's books, song lyrics, poems, art history, and an opera. More at alexjzucker.com. |