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
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on August 8, 1967, when foreign ministers of five countries, consisting of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, met in Bangkok and signed the... 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
Louis Carré est docteur en philosophie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles où il a défendu en 2011 une thèse consacrée à la théorie de la reconnaissance et à la philosophie hégélienne du droit. Ses recherches portent sur Hegel, la... more
In my doctoral dissertation I explore the metaphorization processes that make knowl-edge possible. These metaphorization processes allow the making of temporary coher-ence, a necessary feature to know but also to act in the world. My... 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This paper is unpublished.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.
The most necessary part of any social analysis is that it has to be researched and recorded by the person who is a representative of the majority of the people in the social setting. To truly understand how to provide a social analysis... more
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
Some members of the disability studies community were likely puzzled when the call for submissions to this special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly began to circulate on various list-servs, facebook, and other social media last year.... 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 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.
LOS 75 AÑOS del Rey Juan Carlos llegan en un momento crítico para España. También para la propia institución monárquica. Y es que, por más que se edulcore con sabrosas mieles (monarquía «parlamentaria»), se tinte con atractivos colores... more
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).
An epidemic has [broken] out in the bazaar, the disorder commencing with pain or uneasiness in different parts of the body, presently succeeded by giddiness of the head, sickness, vomiting, griping in the belly, and frequent stools. The... more
Cet article étudie un aspect de l'influence scientifique, sociale et financière de l'industrie pharmaceutique dans le champ de la sexualité depuis la mise sur le marché des premiers médicaments de traitement des troubles érectiles par... more
Course Policies ……………………Page 8 Academic Accommodations………Page 9 Course Description This course is an enquiry into a specific moment in the history of 20 th-century European thought: the interwar period (1918-1939). This period could be... more
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