The contributors to this volume shed light on the unique value of Patocka's asubjective phenomenology in the context of his entire oeuvre. Each original contribution highlights the importance of Patocka's historical engagement with phenomenology and modern thinking. Patocka's significance to phenomenology has largely gone unrecognised in the English- speaking world, a lacuna that this volume redresses.

Lubica Ucník, Anita Williams, Ivan Chvatík Jan Patocka's Project of an Asubjective Phenomenology, and the Movement of Human Existence Part I: Jan Patocka Jan Patocka Husserl's Subjectivism and the Call for an Asubjective Phenomenology Jan Patocka Epoche and Reduction: Some Observations Part II: Asubjective Phenomenology Ivan Chvatík Patocka's Project of an Asubjective Phenomenology Michael Gubser Jan Patocka's Transcendence to the World Part III: The Three Movements of Human Existence Josef Moural Phenomenology, History, and Responsibility for One's Life Inês Pereira Rodrigues A World of Possibilities: The Cosmological World and the Movement of Existence in Jan Patocka Émilie Tardivel Autonomy and Phenomenology: Patocka's Approach Part IV: Patockian Reflections on Modern Society Ciaran Summerton Three Perspectives on Politics and History: Patocka, Hayek and French Positivism Jakub Homolka The Problem of Meaning in the Rational (Super)Civilisation: Patocka's Interpretation of Modernity after World War II Riccardo Paparusso Life, Technology, Christianity: Patocka's Sacrifice for Nothing and its Economic-Mythical Roots Anthony Backhouse Patocka's Observations on the Meaning of Beauty in Ancient Greece Part V: Patocka on Meaning Ivan Chvatík Patocka's Philosophy of Meaning in Human Life and History Anita Williams The Meaning of the Mathematical Lubica Ucník Movement and Human Existence: The Mysterium of Mundanity Notes on Contributors Jan Patocka's Life and Work Contributors Index