Francesco Tava is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Milan. His areas of specialisation are phenomenology, and moral and political philosophy. He has a particular interest in the political development of post-Husserlian phenomenology and has recently published a monograph, Il rischio della libertà (Milano: Mimesis, 2014), on the thought of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka. Since the completion of his doctorate in 2012, he has held several research fellowships at the Jan Patočka Archive and the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In 2014 he worked as a visiting fellow at the University of the West of England. See his academia.edu profile page.
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Published in: HomeBreaching the long litany of unlesses: a response to Simon Glendinning’s ‘Saving Europe from salvation'The risk to Europe is a perpetuation of crisis by implacable erosion, and with this the abdication of political...
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Published in: HomeIntroducing three old ideas for a new Europe: flourishing, solidarity and care for the soulThese ideas--care for the soul, flourishing, solidarity--are ideas that according to Jan Patočka could be useful for...
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Published in: HomeIntroducing this week’s theme: Old ideas for a new EuropeWe have asked a diverse group of political activists and intellectuals to offer their reflections on these three old...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Life after Europe: the Post-Europe ProjectThe joint editors of Europe – the very idea introduce the next stage of their project – a discussion inspired by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The brave struggle: an insight into Europe from its futureWe should start understanding Europe not as an idea but rather as a clash of ideas; as a community whose ground is...