{"product_id":"9781350437166","title":"Solidarity of the Shaken The Ethical and the Political in the Thought of Jan Patocka","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSolidarity of the Shaken\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Ethical and the Political in the Thought of Jan Patocka\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMichaela Belejkanicová\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Political\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis vital reappraisal of Czech philosopher, Jan Patocka, takes his political thought beyond its traditional place in the realm of Czech dissent, and relates it instead to the contemporary challenges of neoliberal globalization, identity politics and the rise of alt-right movements\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemonstrating Patocka's enduring relevance, the book reconstructs the concept of the “solidarity of the shaken” as a profound response to the spiritual, ethical, and political crises of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatocka's argument, that to counter oppressive structures we need to abandon fading liberal moralities in favour of new models of community, carries as much weight in the contemporary political climate as it did when it was formulated in the mid-20th century. In demonstrating this, Belejkanicová connects Patocka's work on political community to that of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Edmund Husserl, Ernst Jünger and Walter Benjamin, and relates them to the broader sway of Western ethical and political thought. Belejkanicová argues that the models assembled by Patocka here can directly tackle and even transcend the splintering effect of today's political antagonists by helping us elide their divisive and dissipative effects: Patocka claimed that communities based on opposition to one another will always fail to be rational, grounded and pragmatic.\u003cbr\u003eA timely reposition of Patocka's work, \u003ci\u003eSolidarity of the Shaken \u003c\/i\u003ealso works towards further understanding of political communities in general – how they are constituted, how they function and how they can answer the pressing questions with which they are faced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichaela Belejkanicová\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Editor of UCL Central Europe Journal and obtained her PhD from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London (UCL), UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 September 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350437166\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669724168332,"sku":"9781350437166","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350437166","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}