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Jan Patočka and French Philosophy


Call for Publications

Theme: Jan Patočka and French Philosophy
Publication: Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
Date: Special Issue
Deadline: 15.8.2021


Jan Patočka (1907-1977) is widely recognized as one of the most
influential thinkers of the post-war Europe and as a philosophical
figure of the Central European reform movements which helped to bring
an end to European communist regimes. While he is principally known
for his participation in the authorship of Charta 77 documents, which
cost him his life, and for his lifelong concern with the crisis of
European societies, Patočka’s original and provocative contributions
are not limited to the political field. They extend to a variety of
scholarly areas, including phenomenology, linguistics, cultural
theory, and historical studies. In addition to the influence of
Husserl, Heidegger, and Fink, Patočka’s work engages with many 20th
century French intellectual movements, including phenomenology,
hermeneutics, existentialism, structuralism, critical theory, and
deconstruction. However, it is surprising that there has not been a
journal issue or book dedicated entirely to the relation between
Patočka’s thought and French philosophy thus far. 

This special issue of The Journal of French and Francophone
Philosophy (www.jffp.org) invites contributions that explore
Patočka’s engagement with and relevance to contemporary French
philosophy. The aim of this issue is to explore a range of questions
concerning the potential connections and differences between the
Czech thinker and French intellectual movements and thinkers. For
example, does Patočka’s asubjective phenomenology stand in line with
hermeneutic phenomenology and existential phenomenology, which are
oriented to the lived meaning of experience and the study of concrete
human existence? How can Patočka’s phenomenological description of
the connection between the appearance of things and the lived body be
analyzed in the light of the French phenomenological tradition? How
can Patočka’s political philosophy offer resources to re-think and
reevaluate the challenge to the cohesion of the European community in
today’s time of crisis? This call also invites papers that engage in
an in-depth analysis of Patočka’s thought in relation to prominent
figures including Ricœur, Henry, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Foucault,
and Barbaras, among others.

Any questions concerning this special issue should be directed to the
guest editor, Maria Cristina Vendra:
mcristina.vendra@gmail.com

Completed papers must be submitted to the journal’s website by August
15, 2021.

All submissions will undergo the journal’s peer-review process. The
journal publishes articles written in English or French. Papers
should not exceed 10,000 words in length (abstract and notes are
excluded), and all citations should conform to the Chicago Manual of
Style. For additional stylistic instructions, please consult the
writing guidelines on the journal’s website.

Journal website:
http://www.jffp.org