Kohák, Erazim / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Existence and the Philosophical Epokhe. [Original First Edition Offprint from “The Journal of Existentialism”].

New York, 1967. Octavo. 26 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

Erazim Kohák (21 May 1933 – 8 February 2020) was Czech philosopher and writer. His early education was in Prague. After communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948, his family escaped to the United States. He died in February 2020 at the age of 86.
Kohák was born in Prague in May 1933. He studied at Colgate University, earning a B.A. in 1954, and then studied philosophy, theology and religious studies at Yale University (M.A. in 1957, PhD in 1958). He also worked at Gustavus Adolphus College and Boston University (Professor in 1977). After the Velvet revolution in 1989, he returned to Czechoslovakia to become a professor at Charles University in Prague. Since 2006, he has been a senior research fellow in the Centre of Global Studies in the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. He supported several non-governmental ecological organizations and was a member of the honorary board of Deti Zeme (Children of the Earth) and Spolecnost pro trvale udržitelný život (Society for Sustainable Living). (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Aiken, Henry David · Henry David Aiken – Collection · Kohak, Erazim · Pamphlets Collection – Harvard
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29971AB

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