Social and Political Philosophy
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Philosophy today is no longer satisfied with the critique of the state, nor with developing an apology for the state: rather its contemporary task is to invent a new concept of the state. This paper consists of three parts: in the first... more
Seit den Erfahrungen der Gewaltexplosionen im 20. Jahrhundert erleben wir insbesondere nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 weltweit eine neue Dimension von Gewalt und Terror, wie sie Hannah Arendt in ihrer eindrücklichen und... more
Úvod do studia politiky Miroslav Novák et al. Tato učebnice je určena zejména vysokoškolským studentům sociálních a humanitních věd bakalářského a magisterského stupně. Jde o práci kolektivní a svým pojetím i rozsahem v českém prostředí... more
This paper is unpublished. It deals with Pavel Florensky’s socio-philosophical views that shaped during the first Russian revolution years and were elaborated in his later works. The principal theoretical divergence of Florensky’s... more
There are more types of borders today than ever before in history. Borders of all kinds define every aspect of social life in the twenty-first century. From the biometric data that divides the smallest aspects of our bodies to the aerial... more
“Power is war, the continuation of war by other means”: Foucault’s reversal of Clausewitz’s formula has become a staple of critical theory — but it remains highly problematic on a conceptual level. Elaborated during Foucault’s 1976... more
Sri Aurobindo was renowned political leader & his social political thought also has unique characteristics to be highlighted. This is my first draft of dissertation thesis that I never submitted for the award of PhD thesis.
ABSTRACT This research, situated at the junction of feminist, trans and disability studies, examines the limits of intersectional feminist analyses and the difficulties faced in their consideration of gender identity and ability through... more
Les pages les plus connues de Hegel selon Jean-Louis Vieillard-Baron sont celles que l’on nomme ordinairement comme « Dialectique du maître et de l’esclave » dans la Phénoménologie de l’Esprit de 1807. Traditionnellement, on comprend la... more
The state can not prevent the existence of universal ethical claims that are included in its regime but not represented in it. Alain Badiou's philosophy is devoted to these claims and defends them as forms of political truth striving for... more
Abstract. This paper proposes an ordering of ideas to create politics that distinguishes itself from conventional politics. It is called extrapolitics. To define extrapolitics, the concept of politics, transhumanism and dialectic -... more
Functionalist theories of political authority are commonly challenged on the grounds that such theories cannot explain the boundaries of state of authority. If all that matters for political authority is whether a state is sufficiently... more
I consider three objections to Gyekye's functionalist conception of development. According to the first objection, the goal of development is ultimately economic development.
The emergence of cross-border communities and transnational associations requires new ways of thinking about the norms involved in democracy in a globalized world. Given the significance of human rights fulfillment, including social and... more
This chapter is a contribution to the philosophy of human rights and in particular to the vital issue of how to justify them. In the first and second part, I give a brief depiction of the nature of human rights and examine four different... more
Pourquoi l'illusion qu'on peut séparer le marxisme de l'athéisme se maintient-elle? Comme l‘a remarqué G.M.-M.Cottier O.P., c'est au moment où le mouvement marxiste donne des signes de crise qu'un nombre croissant de chrétiens semblent... more
This is the first in a series of blog posts on realism and social movements. The purpose of it is to refine the explanatory purchase of realist thought within social movement studies and consider what it means ‘to be realist’ about social... more
This paper reflects on the violent conflicts in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria that threaten the nation's oil-dependent mono-economy and corporate existence. The Delta region's crises caused loss of lives and properties until... more
This paper looks at the elastic and inelastic push - pull of a "Cause" and a "Effect". The matter is viewed from the perspective of Metaphysics and Epistemology.
Skróty poznawcze, czyli makro-i mikroredukcjonizm Cechą wyróżniającą obowiązującego do dzisiaj paradygmatu polityczności jest wyjaśnianie jej genezy i cech konstytutywnych przez pryzmat normatywnie i instytucjonalnie uporządkowanych... more
A review of Nicholas Buccola's book, The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty, published in The Review of Politics (Univ. of Notre Dame).
La modernité philosophique consiste principalement en le postulat de la Raison comme moyen d'émancipation de l'homme? Quel est dès lors le processus rationnel d’émancipation de l’homme ? Et quelle peut être sa transcription collective ?... more
Collective Identities at Work. The recovered companies by workers: a case study for new forms of collective and supportive actions The article aims at shedding light on the main expiring tendencies of the so called "projective city"... more
Political philosophy has long treated the nation-state as the starting point for normative inquiry, while paying little attention to the ongoing legacies of colonialism and imperialism. But given how most modern states emerged, normative... more
Cette étude tâche de dégager la double signification de la philosophie socratique comprise comme philosophie politique à l’aide d’une interprétation des Amoureux rivaux. Le refus d’accorder à ce court dialogue socratique une affiliation... more