Papers by James Kow
a presentation to the liberal arts association of america.
An examination of the thought of Professor Kenneth Schmitz of the University of Toronto, The Cath... more An examination of the thought of Professor Kenneth Schmitz of the University of Toronto, The Catholic University of America/Washington D.C.
a talk delivered to the canadian liberal arts association at the university of toronto, canada.
some early thoughts about the person we so easily overlook in the dying patient. she is a dying p... more some early thoughts about the person we so easily overlook in the dying patient. she is a dying person, a subject active in a vulnerable receptive manner.
hegel and kant. ethics/sittlichkeit not moralitat.
I will attempt to provide a framework in which class is immune to the charges of fatalism and vol... more I will attempt to provide a framework in which class is immune to the charges of fatalism and voluntarism. To accomplish this, I will deploy an Hegelian form of process philosophy. My focus will be on human consciousnessin the form of the negation of the negationthat is able to act freely precisely because it realistically takes into account the objective determinants that structure its situation. This teleological framework, although deterministic in an Hegelian sense, is not pernicious since it is a nonfatalistic, modest, midrange intelligible teleology that is anchored in social reason. A reformulated base/superstructure model will be employed to elucidate the notions of class and classformation. The determining ground (class consciousness) is the superstructure. The base (the objective conditions) while it is the necessary condition for the superstructure is a feature of human selfdetermination. The superstructure (consciousness) supplies a teleological principle grounded in free social reason.
Talks by James Kow
a tension holds sway between aristotle and aquinas regarding the issue of practical reason.
aquinas' analogy of the community (ens commune) of being rests upon the causal sui generis trans-... more aquinas' analogy of the community (ens commune) of being rests upon the causal sui generis trans-causal creative analogy of being. like hegel, aquinas' analogy of being recognizes the negative, but in a different way.
this is a small attempt to understand a great mystery of faith beyond all understanding.
Hegel's intention is the science/hexis/characterizing of experience. Evil poses the great challen... more Hegel's intention is the science/hexis/characterizing of experience. Evil poses the great challenge as Fackenheim notes. To this Harris has a non-strong reply. My view: Hegel would a different Hegel today; he never was an Hegelian.
Book Reviews by James Kow
This book, edited by Lucia Pradella and Thomas Marois, argues for a Marxist approach to developme... more This book, edited by Lucia Pradella and Thomas Marois, argues for a Marxist approach to development in the context of the recent domination and present crisis of neoliberal economic policies since the early 1970s. We face an economic and political project. Neoliberalism is the source of our current crisis in both the developing and developed worlds; it is a global crisis. Neoliberalism has caused the economic and social polarisation and inequality which constitute the crisis. The writers in this volume wrestle prospectively with the experimental polarising alternatives available. Their reflections express the radical thinking of resistance in Marxist theory and practice, as it is already taking place in current struggles in voice and deed across the world. Consequently, neoliberalism is not a finality economically, socially, and humanly.
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