"As the collection shows in impressive depth, Kosík’s legacy, beyond his involvement in the Prague Spring, is truly philosophical, offering up several powerful concepts to contemporary Marxism, from labour and praxis to laughter and joy. As such, this handbook is already a classic, as an excellent introduction to both Kosík and Czech Marxism in a global context." — Isabel Jacobs, in: Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, September 2022
"Kosík’s international popularity among philosophers, artists, and writers after Dialectics of the Concrete was published in 1963 did not in any way lead to his philosophy being 'still fruitfully interpreted or further developed' [...]. His philosophy 'is “well known” as a historical document, but it is overlooked and ignored as a living contribution to social thought' [...]. The anthology can be considered a successful attempt to put an end to this inappropriate situation in Kosík’s case and save him from oblivion [...]. The editors have succeeded in compiling contributions that both explore the historical context and examine Kosík’s ideas for their current relevance." — Martin Küpper, in: Studies in East European Thought, 2023, Vol. 75, pp. 479-482.