Jakub Homolka

My project focuses on three main goals: (1) to show that Patočka’s whole work includes a continuous attempt to understand modernity through the concept of “rational civilization”; (2) to discuss the grounds of this concept, i.e., the notions of „rationalization“ and „secularization“; and (3) to compare Patočka’s concept with the contemporary discussions of the civilizational dimension of modernity, pointing out the problems of secularization, resacralization, political religion etc.