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Henrike Kohpeiß: Bürgerliche Kälte
No full textWarum bleiben viele Bürger*innen der Europäischen Union weitgehend gleichgültig, wenn größere Menschenmengen auf den mediterranen Migrationsrouten sterben? Henrike Kohpeiß analysiert in ihrem Buch Bürgerliche Kälte, wie das unübersichtliche Nebeneinander von militarisierten Grenzen einerseits und parteiübergreifender Willkommenskultur andererseits abläuft, und welche stabilisierenden Funktionen es für den emotionalen Haushalt der medialen Landschaft bereitstellt. Die Verdrängung des eigenen Leids an der emotionalen Entsagung führt zu einem Lustgewinn an der Härte gegen sich selbst und zu einer Lust an der Kälte gegenüber dem Leiden anderer. Dieser Zustand wirft neue Fragen über den Subjektbegriff der Aufklärung auf
Ludvig Beckman: The Boundaries of Democracy: A Theory of Inclusion
No full textRezension von Ludvig Beckman: The Boundaries of Democracy: A Theory of Inclusion. Abingdon: Routledge 2023
Thinking with Cormac McCarthy
No full textThis brief essay honor the recently deceased American author Cormac McCarthy by interpreting a short scene from one of his screenplays as a modern instance of genuinely tragic understanding. This interpretation is compared on the one hand with a related yet comedic version of tragic knowledge, and on the other hand with the play "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles. The essay argues that fostering the presentiment of such tragic understanding might be a an effective way of motivating people to act to avert climate change
Spinoza’s Place in Twentieth Century Anglo-American Philosophy
No full textThis paper began as an address at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Vereniging het Spinozahuis in Amsterdam in 1997. I trace the highlights of Spinoza reception and scholarship in the Anglo-American philosophical community from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Beginning with the British Idealists’ enthusiasm for Spinoza as a systematic metaphysician, I move through the indifference of the (anti-metaphysical) positivists to the renewal of interest among more naturalistically-minded analytical philosophers in the second half of the twentieth century. Along the way there are brief discussions of a few individual thinkers who engaged with Spinoza in especially interesting or influential ways, such as Caird, Santayana, Russell, Wolfson, Hampshire, and Curley
Mumbai Dark Megacity: Informal Productions of Urban Night Space
No full textArchitect and photographer Élisabeth de Bézenac has been exploring many different types of nocturnal environments around the world, capturing changes in places after dark with the aim of informing urban design practices. In this visual essay, she reports on her nightwalking ventures into the \u27evernight\u27 life of Mumbai
Mi-e Dor De Tine: Light Festivals, Emotional Narratives and Romanian Diaspora
No full textThis paper explores the significance of urban light festivals and their role in contributing to transnational identities and narratives through a detailed study of the Mi-e Dor De Tine project. This public art project serves as an example of how light-based installations shape transnational affective experiences, particularly within the Romanian diaspora across various locations around the world. Through an ethnographic and netnographic study conducted from 2018 to 2024, this research critically engages with Mi-e Dor De Tine project within the frameworks of aesthetic capitalism, affect theory, and transnationalism. The paper emphasizes that urban light festivals not only serve as tools for urban regeneration and cultural diplomacy but also play a vital role in affirming and developing complex urban identities and affective experiences
Shadowplay: Interactions of Artificial Illumination and Darkness
No full textThis article explores the aesthetic and philosophical aspects of shadowplay: the multiple and layered interactions between artificial illumination and darkness in urban environments. By examining the concept of shadows through the perspectives of theorists Roy Sorensen and Jun\u27ichiro Tanizaki, I explore the dynamic tension between darkness, seen as a natural phenomenon, and the fragmented light created by modern technology. The study delves into how artificial light transforms the nocturnal city, influencing both urban life and aesthetic experiences. The first section of the paper addresses darkness in philosophical aesthetics, referencing thinkers such as Kant and Burke, and considers recent research on artificial illumination\u27s ecological and social impacts. The second part analyzes the unique qualities of shadows, drawing from Tanizaki\u27s appreciation for traditional Japanese aesthetics and Sorensen\u27s analytic dissection of shadow phenomena in terms of privation. Through a combination of philosophical inquiry and visual artistic research, the article seeks to provide a deeper understanding of how shadows and artificial light contribute to the aesthetic and emotional experience of contemporary urban nights
Een gedreven patrimoniumbeheerder. Marie Catherine Josephe, gravin van Merode en prinses van Rubempré en Everberg (1743-1794)
No full textMarie Catherine Josephe, gravin van Merode-Rubempré, was een achttiende-eeuwse aristocrate die jarenlang verantwoordelijk was voor het beheer van de uitgestrekte landgoederen van de hoogadellijke familie Merode. Dit artikel onderzoekt hoe zij in die machtspositie terechtkwam en of zij als vrouw de wettelijke en morele autoriteit had om dat familiepatrimonium te beheren
Genderview Elaine Chalus: "Vrouwen bedreven ook voor het kiesrecht politiek"
No full textDe Britse historicus Elaine Chalus (Universiteit van Liverpool) betoogt dat politiek niet alleen gaat over het parlement en politici, maar ook een sociale dimensie kent, en dat juist daarin ook vrouwen actoren zijn geweest. Dit inzicht vergroot ons begrip van het verleden én van de problemen van ons democratisch bestel die tegenwoordig spelen
Verzamelen, bewaren en doorgeven. Collectieve lesbische identiteit, diversiteit en solidariteit in het Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden
No full textHet Lesbisch Archief Leeuwarden/Anna Blaman Huis (1976-1999) verzamelde en bewaarde de ‘lesbische geschiedenis’. Hiermee construeerde het archief ook een collectieve lesbische identiteit gebaseerd op diversiteit en solidariteit. Door te kijken naar het verzamelbeleid van het archief, onderzoekt dit artikel wat werd verstaan onder een lesbische identiteit, en hoe die door de tijd heen veranderde