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Cathexis and Social Uprising: The Affective Energy of Change
No full textSocial uprisings are not merely political events—they are also affective phenomena that shape collective experience and identity. In times of protest and widespread social upheaval, such as the ongoing student demonstrations in Serbia, there is an intense investment of psychic energy into ideas, symbols, and shared goals. This presentation explores how social change influences the strengthening of cathexis—that is, the affective attachment of individuals and communities to political ideals and values. Through a psychoanalytic and philosophical lens, I will examine the role of affect in the process of social transformation. Is crisis necessary to awaken and direct this energy, or can it be sustained even in times of apparent stability? How can philosophical practice help channel and reflect on these intense emotions so that they do not remain merely a transient surge but are instead translated into long-term social change? Particular attention is given to the relationship between affective intensity and social imagination—the way in which emotions not only drive action but also shape new ways of thinking about society, justice, and the future. If cathexis can be understood as a form of symbolic investment in certain ideas, what happens when this energy is not productively directed? What are the risks of its dissipation or manipulation? This presentation examines the possibility that philosophy, not only as a theoretical discipline but also as a practice, can offer tools for reflecting on and guiding affective forces within social movements. In this sense, an uprising is viewed not only as an act of resistance but also as a space for shaping a new ethic of solidarity, community, and political subjectivity
The Patterns of Undermining the Parliament: Exploring the Trends in Parliamentary Dynamics
No full textThis paper explores patterns and compares the position of Serbian parliament as an “enabler” or “barrier” to autocratization in the period from 2007 to 2023, while noting contexts in which shifts between these positions potentially occur. Through empirical analysis of parliamentary procedures and legislative practices, the paper identifies systematic mechanisms of parliamentary weakening, such as the abuse of fast-track legislative procedures, the centralization of power within the Speaker’s office, and deliberate marginalization of opposition parties. Special attention is given to how boycotts, self-censorship, and strategic manipulation of parliamentary tools contributed to the erosion of democratic deliberation. The analysis also includes “shadow cases” from neighboring parliaments to contrast institutional trajectories. By mapping the shifts in parliamentary performance
across different phases of Serbia’s democratic backsliding, this paper demonstrates how procedural and institutional changes undermine the parliament’s capacity for oversight and representation, while still allowing for limited moments of resistance during key political crises
Virtuality and New Media: Digital Capitalism and the Disappearance of the Other in Baudrillard and Han
No full textO važnosti intuicija u političkim procesima u doba političke apatije
No full textU radu se istražuje teorijski značaj intuicija u političkim procesima, naročito u trenucima krize reprodukcije dominantnih društvenih normi. U tom pogledu naročita pažnja posvećuje se činjenici da su društvene institucije i konvencionalne političke organizacije danas u velikoj meri izgubile autoritet, što je pak dovelo do političke apatije i porasta postpolitičkih stavova. Političke intuicije, često bazirane na iskustvu i nesvesnim asocijacijama, shodno tome mogu igrati ključnu ulogu u radikalnim oblicima demokratije, posebno u vremenima krize. Rad se fokusira na razliku između svakodnevnih političkih intuicija i intuicija o politici, naglašavajući njihov značaj u oblikovanju javnog diskursa i političkih odluka
Quis hic fallitur? Interpreting the apophatic theology of Dionysius hte Areopagite in the 13th and 14 century Mount Athos
No full textJudith Butler in Politika
No full textMonografija Judith Butler in politika je prva knjiga, ki analizira celoten opus in prispevek Judith Butler k filozofiji in politični teoriji. Njena osrednja vrednost je v tem, da se avtorica ne izogne »neprijetnim« vprašanjem, predvsem glede teorije performativnosti spolov, temveč nanje potrpežljivo in natančno odgovarja, sklicujoč se na izvirna dela, pa tudi predavanja in medijske nastope Judith Butler. Adriana Zaharijević prepričljivo pokaže, da misel Judith Butler predstavlja koherentno egalitarno alternativo liberalni filozofiji v 21. stoletju, ki vzpostavlja produktiven dialog z aktualnimi družbenimi izzivi. Celotno delo prežema eno – z znanstvenega in družbenopolitičnega vidika temeljno – vprašanje, tj. »Kako se domisliti sveta, v katerem bo možno vsako življenje?«
Material Objects and Properties in Margaret Cavendish’s Ontology: Individuation and Mereology
No full textGiven that Cavendish holds that everything that exists in the world is material, properties of objects, if they exist, must also be material. In her view, material objects are, in fact, colored, which makes colors mind-independent properties present in the world. Thus, objects bear these properties independently of our experiencing them. This position presents Cavendish with the challenge of accounting for colors in a way that aligns with her materialist metaphysics.
In the context of the 17th century metaphysics, this is both a difficult and a daring task. The reason for this is that, in this period, the mechanist view of color was dominant and held by the majority of Cavendish’s contemporaries. Since mechanists think of colors as mind-dependent properties, no room is left for them in the corporeal world. Thus, if Cavendish intends to maintain that colors are part of the world, she must explain how exactly they are present in objects.
How do colors, then, relate to their bearers? This is a question that Alison Peterman poses in her recent paper, where she discusses whether we should interpret Cavendish as endorsing the view of properties as real accidents, that is, properties of objects that are themselves entities capable of existing independently and separately from their bearers. Peterman argues against this interpretation and concludes that colors are best understood not as full-fledged matter, but as matter identical to the matter of the objects that bear them.
While I agree with Peterman’s conclusion that Cavendish does not take colors to be real accidents, in this presentation I aim to emphasize the role that Cavendish’s explanation of how material objects individuate plays in understanding her stance on the relation between objects and properties. I argue that this aspect of her metaphysics provides motivation for interpreting Cavendish as thinking that colors, although not separable from objects in a literal sense, should nonetheless be regarded as real, individuated and distinct matter, as well as constitutive parts of objects. The reason for this is that Cavendish considers the ways in which parts of matter arrange into particular figures or configurations to be the sole principle of individuation for material entities—their figures make them distinct from all other parts of matter. Thus, the upshot of this interpretation is that it offers a different perspective on what, in a general sense, should be regarded as a real entity in Cavendish’s ontology.
I give two arguments in favor of my interpretation. In the first, I argue that Cavendish’s account of changes in an object’s color reveals her understanding of colors as individuated configurations of matter, capable of change without necessarily causing any change in the object’s other properties. In the second argument, I reflect on Cavendish’s theory of perception and the distinction between divided and composed perceptions. Cavendish explains that a perception of an object as one entity composed of many parts is a result of many distinct perceptions uniting into one composed perception of an object. I argue that she understands the relation between properties and an object analogously, that is, as a mereological relation between parts and a whole. In both arguments, I highlight the role of the relation of composition
Ko se krije iza ideje o vrednosnoj neutralnosti nauke? O slučaju roda u udžbenicima biologije
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Delez, uzvišeno i Kantov romantizam
No full textU ovom radu se osvrćem na postmodernu recepciju Kantovog pojma
uzvišenog, posebno u delu Žila Deleza, osvetljavajući njegovu romantičarsku
dimenziju. Pojam uzvišenog, ključan za romantizam u fi lozofi ji, književnosti i
umetnosti, igra značajnu ulogu i u postmodernoj misli. Autori poput Žan-Fransoa
Liotara i Žila Deleza oslanjaju se na Kantova razmatranja uzvišenog, razvijajući
ih dok ih istovremeno kritikuju. U radu pokazujem kako postmoderni autori kroz
Kantovu kritiku razotkrivaju njegov romantizam i kako on, iako racionalista u ranijim
radovima, u Kritici moći suđenja postaje središnji fi guralni trenutak za razumevanje
uzvišenog. Kroz analizu Delezove recepcije ovog pojma, rad ukazuje na kantovsku
dijalektičnost između racionalnosti i romantizma, kao i na način na koji će Delez
radikalizovati neke romantičarske momente koji su prisutni kod Kanta, ali isto tako, i
napustiti druge elemente koji će kod Kanta, u pojmu individue, ostati na snazi