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Hegel und die Opferung der Philosophie: Dialektik der Ästhetik und Politik
No full textDem Aufsatz liegen folgende Fragen zugrunde: Ist es gerechtfertigt, vom Erbe der tragischen Darstellung des Kampfes im Hegelschen Begriff der Philosophie und insbesondere in seiner Konzeption der Dialektik als Bewegung und Geschichtlichkeit des absoluten Geistes zu sprechen? Hat der Versöhnungsbegriff Hegels, der am konkretesten innerhalb des philosophischen Gedankens ausgeführt wird, bestimmte Folgen auch für den Begriff der Philosophie selber? Opfert sich die Philosophie einer endlichen Äußerlichkeit oder bedarf sie selbst eines Opfers, um das philosophische System als solches zu vervollständigen? Kann man auch heutzutage die geschichtlich-politischen Ereignisse und die Vergehen des Rechts als tragisch darstellen und betrachten? Vermag es die Politik noch immer (wie in der Moderne), die Rolle des Schicksals in der griechischen Tragödie zu übernehmen? Auf solche Fragen werden hier keine endgültigen Antworten gegeben, es wird vielmehr der Rahmen für weitere Betrachtungen bereitgestellt – innerhalb oder außerhalb der Philosophie Hegels
Lessons from Europe’s Antechamber for Balkanist Criticism (and its Critics)
No full textThe author is using a series of examples from her three-year research on social perception of the European Union in Croatia in order to pose several critical questions regarding the current application of the Balkanist criticism in the region and beyond. The research was conducted with three groups of interviewees who were, in different ways, related to the EU. Various notions of Europe and the Balkans, which appeared throughout these interviews, differed from the predominant discourse of the 1990s. The article also indicates the decline of the importance of symbolic geography in the interpretation of notions associated with the EU. In the questioning of metatheoretical level, the author suggests several new paths of research in Balkanist and other, closely related fields of study: admitting the importance of economy, which has been, in the past twenty years, secondary to the examination of questions related to culture and history, and also the production and flow of knowledge. In conclusion, the author proposes examining the approaches which would also enable the inclusion of the enriching, non-repressive and useful encounters between the center and periphery
On the Concept of Habitus – Feminist Critic of Pierre Bourdieu’s Social Theory
No full textKey contemporary sociological theorists, such as Foucault or Habermas rarely explicitly discussed gender in their studies. This fact has not caused a lack of interest in the critical examination of the theoretical systems of these authors within a feminist perspective. During the 1990’s feminists’ attention was drawn to Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory. French sociologist’s study Masculine Domination deals with issues of gender dynamics and its reproduction. In this study the persistence of the asymmetric distribution of social power between women and men is explained by concepts of habitus and symbolic violence. As this article will show, social change cannot be explained by Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, as a key link between social structure and action, due to its reduction of actors to socialized bodies, which are practically deprived of any true action potential. On the other hand, with regard to social activism as a permanent feature of feminist theory, this paper seeks to examine whether critical examination of Bourdieu’s conceptual apparatus achieves to provide the means to overcome the aforementioned shortcomings of the theoretical system of French sociologist. In other words, this article seeks to answer the question whether such a modification of habitus is possible, which will allow for actors whose action is truly structured and structuring, and lead to possible change of existing power relations
Social Construction of “Other” as “Primitive”
No full textThe author of this paper deals with the problem of cultural difference through the analysis of the relationship “us” – “others”. He searches for the answer to the question why the culture of other peoples or individuals are often considered inferior in many societies. This type of treatment leads to the extreme where the position of the “other” is reduced to the level of “primitive” (less valuable, lowly, and brutal). In such a context, the author analyzes theoretical concepts of the Enlightenment rationalism of the 18th century and the anthropological evolutionism of the 19th century, believing that the roots of the negative assessment of the “other” can be found in them. Namely, the majority of these theories conduct a hierarchization of culture according to the time and value principles, from which peoples and cultures can be classified as “primitive” and “civilized”. European modernism provided the vision of history as one of linear growth, which led to modern cultures being a priori declared more valuable and culturally more sublime. However, modern cultures are also classified among themselves according to value principles. The differentiation of cultures is performed using various stereotypes, and the idea of progress as rational improvement in the sphere of material culture, science, and technology legitimizes the transformation of the different (other) into primitive. From this prejudice, according to the author, emerges the Eurocentric thought on the exclusiveness of the European culture, which latently justifies colonialism and other negative phenomena coming from the European civilization. Primitivism is being presented as an objective state, while it is, in fact, the case of a socialconstruction which has the aim of proclaiming the “other” as “primitive”
Democracy, Identity, European Integration
No full textThese notions are among the key concepts for the future of all peoples that live in Europe. Democracy is a foundational concept for several reasons. First, it is a matter of fact that all political orders in Europe are democratic, a good functioning of democratic institutions is necessary for a valid process of decision making, concerning, among else, social justice, economic efficiency, etc. Second, democracy is a value by itself. Third, it is worth deserving to explore whether democratic decision making (as opposed to elitist expertism) contributes to the highest quality of answers relevant for the political societies of the people that live in them. Fourth, democratic participation contributes to the construction of a common political identity of a population. This is particularly important in multinational states, as well as in a regional association of states, like EU.Demokratija, identitet, evropske integracije su ključni pojmovi kada je u pitanju budućnost stanovništva evropskog kontinenta. Demokratija je fundamentalan koncept iz više razloga. Prvo, svi politički režimi Evrope su demokratije. Dobro funkcionisanje demokratskih institucija je neophodno kako bi proces donošenja političkih odluka koji obuhvata probleme kao što su društvena pravda i ekonomska efikasnost, bio legitiman. Drugo, demokratija sama po sebi predstavlja izvesnu vrednost. Treće, važno je istražiti da li demokratski način odlučivanja (za razliku o elitističkog ekspertizma) doprinosi najkvalitetnijem rešavanju problema u političkim zajednicama. Četvrto, demokratska participacija doprinosi stvaranju zajedničkog političkog identiteta stanovništva. Ovo poslednje je od posebne važnosti u multinacionalnim državama kao i u regionalnim savezima država kao što je EU
Kako ne treba raspravljati o imigraciji
No full textThis paper describes and assesses the arguments offered both against closed borders and in favor of a more open borders approach to U.S. immigration reform as those arguments are set forth in R. Pevnick’s book, Immigration and the Constraints of Justice. We find numerous problems with Pevnick’s reasoning on both counts