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The scope of this paper is to present some medical, psychoanalytic, and political thoughts on the Covid-19 pandemic. A medical catastrophe cannot be without political consequences and indeed, in this
access to the sublime object of the racist fantasy. Drawing from the philosophy of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, McGowan argues that the fantasy obstacle is both an obstacle and an impetus. It creates a distance ... inherent in the formation of any political group. ‘‘Inclusion always runs up against a fundamental limit,’’ he states, ‘‘in order for some to belong, others must not belong’’ (p. 81). The logical necessity
and practices of self-divination to the American political imaginary give this moment of the Real a properly cosmic and spiritual scale. What returns are techno-horrors of intersubjective dread and the ... mastering the political potential of social media shattered the digital teleologies upon which liberal technocratic consensus was based. The bounties of connectivity and communication have been replaced by a
consider the fact that we also can be drawn to the ‘‘horror,’’ that is abject things. Or, as the political philosopher Iris Marion Young claims: The abject is at the same time fascinating: it draws the ... was an easy target for the Westernized and predominantly white masculine sports culture. She became ‘‘a ‘raced’ Other’’ (Miller, 2015, p. 299) . The ideological and political dimensions can easily be
including the ‘‘impasse of formalization’’ (Badiou, 1988/2006, p. 5) . This perspective on logic is central to the continental discourse on logic, but largely ignored in the tradition of analytic philosophy ... context or on political conflict. In recent years Isabell Millar (2021) , Andre´ Nusselder (2006) , Jacob Johansson (2018), and Matthew Flisfeder (2021) have contributed to the discourse on
Wittgenstein’s huge influence across academic disciplines (and the analytic–continental divide in philosophy), there has been no scholarly attempt to examine Lacan’s claims concerning Wittgenstein in this seminar ... philosophy, spanning both its ''analytic-continental divide'' and its ''linguistic turn.'' Psychoanalysis is after all a form of analysis, and in Lacan's work asserts the absolute centrality of language in
Book Review of Douglas Anderson’s Philosophy Americana: Making Philosophy at Home in American Culture, 2006. Anderson pulls on the resources of American philosophy in order to address issues within ... : Fordham University Press , 2006. 294 pp. ISBN 0-8232-2551. $28.00, pbk. , USA In Philosophy Americana, Douglas Anderson attempts to address “issues that arise in popular culture” (ix). He does so by
As the world suffers the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, global justice activists pursue political solutions to its devastating consequences especially on the weakest sections of the world’s ... to the literature on the cycles of collective action and, more broadly, to the study of political action and social change. global justice movement; emotional sequences global financial crisis
paper points toward a fundamental rethinking of psychoanalytic theory. Using clinical examples, theory and personal narrative, the author concludes by pointing toward clinical and political possibilities ... share that for context, as this paper intersects with the personal, clinical, and political in ways I could not have foreseen. In her paper, Jones (2015) articulated her negation and erasure by me when
. Even so, they have drawn variously and productively from the resources of European political philosophy and used these to anatomize the school in its relation to society. They have shed light on the ... philosophy’s basic concerns could not but be social and political. Indeed, its aims ought to be identical with those of democracy. Dewey, Childs, Kilpatrick,.Brameld, Rugg, Bode, Counts, and the others were
, $24.99, pbk. In a world that had largely adopted a Deweyan sense of itself, Body Consciousness would not have to be written. In such a world, it would be taken for granted that philosophy should account ... his 1997 Practicing Philosophy: Pragmatism and the Philosophical Life-and this - book reflects that orientation throughout, leading to a wholeheartedly Deweyan consummation in a chapter entitled
autobiographical essays by top scholars in the field of philosophy of education for our enjoyment; I have had the pleasure to know many of these scholars, some of whom I hold dear as teachers, some of whom I ... consider good friends, and some of whom I am discovering for the first time. It is my sincere hope that this review will help draw others' attentions to Leaders in Philosophy of Education as well. Waks tells
Water Law Commons Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/sdlp - Article 4 A NORTH-SOUTH STRUGGLE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT By ... ), Article 1105 (Minimum Standard of Treatment), Article 1110 (Expropriation).194 TransCanada alleges that the United States rejected the Keystone application for political reasons, not environmental
Book review of John Shook's Dewey's Social Philosophy: Democracy as Education. ... Palgrave Macmillan 's s ocial John R. Shook In his most recent work on John Dewey, John Shook explores Dewey's political thought in order to illuminate Dewey's conception of democracy and
ice of the Arctic, including Hans Isle, and the Agreement is in discord. The Inuit are indigenous, and their associated rights have been recognized in and by international legal and political ... any justifiable claims of feasible navigation. That, however, has changed as the Arctic ice fields have thinned allowing seasonal circumpolar navigability. Now, the geo-political game is on for access
E James M. Giarelli t ard wo t hE l Egacy m axinE : c ritcal I have been reading and teaching Maxine Greene's work for many years. I began teaching philosophy and education classes forty years ago ... as a doctoral student and have used a Maxine Greene text in every one. I've used The Public School and the Prito write about her work, her standing within the philosophy of education community, and her
-1953). Arendt, H. (1982). Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Descartes , R. ( 1908 ). Regulae ad directionem ingenii . In Oeuvres de Descartes (Vol. 10 ... of children's epistemic powers and despite his emphasis on philosophy as a general theory of education, Dewey failed to mobilise philosophical inquiry as a way of educating children for thinking. In
Critics of Dewey’s metaphysics point to his dismissal of any philosophy which locates ideals in a realm beyond experience. However, Dewey’s sustained critique of dualistic philosophies is but a first ... naturalistic metaphysics supports his progressive educational philosophy. The duty of education is grounded in its service to democracy; it must help students develop the ability to express, discuss, and develop
Hosni Mubarak and his leading followers, including politicians and business leaders, an important socio-political space developed in which it might have been possible to create a different society based ... following the 1952 revolution. When the British ruled Egypt (1882-1952), they exercised considerable power in Egyptian affairs, and their involvement in the political, social, economic and judicial life of
judgment. One of Dewey’s most important insights was that philosophy addresses some of the meaning of our everyday, ordinary experiences. Dewey understood “ethical,” “aesthetic,” “political,” and other ... philosophy can help us to wake up to the ethical dimensions of our experience, the political, the logical, even the metaphysical, and help us to find ways of thinking, feeling and acting that make our
