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Contextualism vs Non-Contextualism in Political Philosophy A Contribution to the Debate on Criticism in the Political Sciences

The author’s aim is to analyse the problem of criticism in the context of political sciences, in particular in the context of political philosophy. The issue is considered in the light of two basic ... departure for critical attitudes in political philosophy.. political philosophy; political science; criticism; historism; contextualism; presentism - Piotr Świercz vidual propositions that have been

A brief history of PINS

1983 (20 August 1983 in the Western cape), and cOSATU (congress of South African Trade Unions) in 1985 (1 December 1985 in Durban).The academic world, not known for its political activism, was also ... its political activism, was also stirring during this time. Marxist and other radical approaches were in the ascendancy in the disciplines of Sociology, especially Industrial Sociology, History

Asazi ukuthi iyozala nkomoni: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe's historical imagination of the future

This study will attempt to foreground the various underlying facets of Sobukwe's historical imagination and social philosophy through a close reading of his speeches and writings. It will be shown ... social philosophy is clearly stated by Raboroko earlier in the same document as being a contention over the political interests represented in the Freedom Charter: "[t]he crucial issue today is whether the

Patočka and Hegel´'s Philosophy of the History of Philosophy

Hegel’s history of philosophy has irreplaceable place within the whole of his philosophizing and this fact grounds its philosophical importance. It has become the organ of the self-knowing mind in ... 2353-9445 Patočka and Hegel's philosophy of the history of philosophy 0 Vladimír Leško , Prof. PhD , is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, of

From apartheid to empire: How (post)apartheid South Africa became an anti-poor black society

Using psycho-political analysis as a method of seeing and interpreting, this essay meditates on why and how Frantz Fanon's observation that 'the Black is not a [hu]marí is true in (post)apartheid ... ) Postcolonialism and Political Theory. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.         [ Links ] Gordon, L (2008) An introduction to Africana philosophy. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.         [ Links ] Guelke

Anarchism and climate change activism

anarchism (opposition to the state and Marxist political parties and movements)', provide a way of distinguishing the XR from anarchism. Thus, showing how it might or might not be following in the footsteps ... , contradicts their protest as they are protesting against a political system with hierarchies. The book further explores XR's demand for a citizen's assembly and XR's theory of change, the civil resistance model

Sprawozdanie ze szkoły letniej „The Copenhagen Summer School in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind”, Kopenhaga, 13-17.08.2018 r.

Abstract: In this work, the author reports on the ninth edition of the Summer School of Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind, which took place in Copenhagen on 13-17 August, 2018. At the beginning of ... lectures and ten papers presented each day. phenomenology; philosophy of mind; summer school - Wspomniane centrum jest placówką niezwykłą, której sylwetkę warto zaprezentować w kilku zdaniach. Celem

The haunting quality of racism

Anti-racism has nurtured many visions of post-racism futures. All this talk and political action relies on and reproduces discourses of racism. While much of this discursive force lies in what is ... arises from such implicature. We develop a discursive account of its constitution in acts of dialogical repression, and we consider some of the social psychological and political ramifications of haunting

Jan Patočka and Charta 77 as a Philosophical Problem

is his effort to bridge political and philosophical thought. The aim of this article is to describe the influence of the philosophy of Jan Patočka on the Charter 77 programme. His role was revealed ... noted: “For this reason, Patočka clearly fits into the tradition of Czechoslovak political philosophy, which implies and defines the politics through what is non-political and through spiritually-rooted

Journeying with Psychology in Society (PINS) and vision for the future

how political activism and professional roles intersected (and, sometimes, did not). This interaction between political activism and professional role was what I later came to know as scholar-activism ... not an exaggeration to say that PINS (along with other activist magazines like SPEAK and WIP (Work in Progress), was not only a strong emotional and political anchor during my undergraduate ad early

Writing outside history: Reification, agency and the discourse on identity and difference

The recent debates about the transformation, or decolonization, of higher education in South Africa have underscored the continuing salience of "identity" in post-apartheid political discourse ... of capital. London: Verso.         [ Links ] Ci, J (2011) Evaluating agency: A fundamental question for social and political philosophy. Metaphilosophy, 42(3), 261-281.         [ Links ] Culler, J

Jakość życia jako problem filozoficzny

The article deals with the problem of “quality of life” from the philosophical perspective. In contemporary scientific studies, the issue of quality of life is analyzed in sociological, political and ... of life, he refers this problem in the recognition philosophy of values. His research is based on the ideas of Max Scheler, and his later continuators. The author analyzes the problem of “quality of

Understanding climate injustice as social pathology through the lens of psychoanalysis, recognition theory and critical psychology

standpoint is found in Hegel's political philosophy: social pathologies begin when institutions and social practices deviate from the progressive potential for reason attained through the course of history ... investigate political systems with respect to freedom, equality and justice, but should also reflect on the socio-emotional, intersubjective concept of vulnerability. His approach combines Hegel's theory of

Patočka and English Sensualism and its Place in Modern Philosophy

Reception of the British empirical-sensualistic tradition as a unique form of philosophizing has its irreplaceable place in the history of philosophy. Jan Patočka takes this fact into consideration ... 2353-9445 Patočka and English sensualism and its place in modern philosophy The reception of the British empirical-sensualist tradition as a unique form of philosophising has its special place in

Challenging Ciscentric Feminist Margins: A South African Study on Gender-Based Violence in the Lives of Black Trans Women

related to 'political blackness'-grounded in black consciousness philosophy. It refers to the black experience of all persons who have historically experienced racialised systematic disadvantage under ... largely construed as a structural and institutional phenomenon. Gender, within this framework, is framed as inescapably embedded in the political arrangements of society (Montesanti, 2015). Third-wave

A Case study of "Necklacing": When the case has a face

This article reports on, and develops, existing studies by Mbuqe (2010), and Mbuqe & Laubscher (2019). Political violence is the general phenomenon of interest, research and theoretical access to ... Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the imperatives of Unobuntu. Keywords: Nombulelo Dilato; "Necklacing"; Political Violence; Emmanuel Levinas; Responsibility     "We are bound up in a delicate network

Sobukwe and the psychosocial

The political writings of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, like those of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede and Steve Bantu Biko, are shot through with psychological notions (ideas of consciousness, mental ... ourselves from a materialist form of political critique. Hence, furthermore, the imperative Gordon (2000) asserts in respect of an anti-racist African philosophy: the need for detailed exploration of the

Hans Wagner jako neoneokantysta

The aim of the paper is to briefly present the philosophy of Hans Wagner (1917-2000) as belonging to the last phase of the development of the German transcendental philosophy. Hans Wagner’s ... ) neo-Kantianism with post-neo-Kantianism, (b) Kant's philosophy with Hegel's philosophy, (c) neo-Kantian transcendentalism with Husserl's transcendentalism, (d) the philosophy of transcendental subject

Asazi ukuthi iyozala nkomoni: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe's historical imagination of the future

This study will attempt to foreground the various underlying facets of Sobukwe's historical imagination and social philosophy through a close reading of his speeches and writings. It will be shown ... social philosophy is clearly stated by Raboroko earlier in the same document as being a contention over the political interests represented in the Freedom Charter: "[t]he crucial issue today is whether the

PhDing while panicking in a Pandemic

, particularly the researcher's unique social, political and historical context (Schmid, 2019). In autoethnography research, researchers share their own stories and their voice is foregrounded in the research ... in uncovering oppressions that may be deeply hidden (Maseti, 2018). Autoethnography is also valuable in that it shows how the personal/ psychological is connected to the political, and how the