Sofia Elena Merli

The aim of this research is to explore the relevance of Jan Patočka’s complex theorization of the concept of Post-Europe. Accepting its ethical and political appeal to rethink the continental unity with respect to its different forms of alterity and plurality, this study proposes to investigate the extent to which this concept can provide insights for a non-Eurocentric reformulation of the reality of Europe. Therefore, the purpose is to investigate how these reflections subsequently materialized in Patočka’s political militancy in Charta77, and at which level there are conceptual connections with the experiences of other CEE dissidents.