Lest filozofie dějin: Patočka a neohellénismus
The ruse of philosophy of history: Patočka and neo-Hellenism

Author(s): Radim Šíp
Subject(s): Phenomenology, Philosophy of History
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Patočka; phenomenology; neohellenism; philosohphy of history; Foucault;
Summary/Abstract: Patoček’s philosophy of history and its concept of European time are based on the neohellenistic myth that puts the representatives of the ancient Enlightenment in the center of western thinking without properly reflecting the real socio-political context of this Enlightenment. Once this myth was combined with Patočka’s need to find a phenomenological constitution of philosophy of history, Patočka and his faithful pupils lost their sense of reality. They have ceased to make a distinction between the formulation of the ideal of freedom, responsibility and democracy from its actual fulfillment. Therefore, they closed their thinking in nostalgic romanticism. This has serious consequences. This is illustrated by the example of the failure of the Palouš’ educational philosophy.

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