Caters for all branches of political philosophy and theory, including: the history of political thought, normative political theory and comparative political theory. Those working in related disciplines such as applied ethics and legal theory are also welcome.
Gary Hall deposited Übercapitalism and What Can Be Done About It in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 18 hours, 58 minutes agoWe live in an increasingly übercapitalist society. It’s übercapitalist in that a specific version of neoliberalism, characterised by low pay, zero-hours and fixed-term contracts, is growing ever more aggressive; and that the disruptive technology firm Uber offers one of the most high-profile examples of this intensified form of deregulated cap…[Read more]
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited Democracy and the Vernacular Imagination in Vico’s Plebian Philology in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 1 week agoThis essay examines Giambattista Vico’s philology as a contribution to democratic legitimacy. I outline three steps in Vico’s account of the historical and political development of philological knowledge: first, his merger of philosophy and philology, and the effects of that merger on the relative claims of reason and authority; second, his use…[Read more]
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “The Jurisprudence of 9/11 and its Aftermath” (Fall 2018 Syllabus) in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 1 day agoModule Summary: Using the aftermath of 9/11 and the US invasion of Iraq as a case study, this module asks why states engage in torture, giving particular consideration to why liberal states euphemise, conceal, and downplay this practice. We will examine the ramifications of 9/11 across multiple legal domains, domestically within the US and…[Read more]
Alejandro Sanchez Lopera deposited Por otras políticas de la verdad en América Latina in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week ago¿Es posible construir otras imágenes del pensamiento en América Latina? Esta invitación nos llevó a proponer una excavación hacia el pasado y, almismo tiempo, una apertura hacia el porvenir. Antes que una “filosofía de laliberación”, invitamos a una liberación de la filosofía; antes que orígenes ocánones, artesanías que nunca tocan fondo o sujeta…[Read more]
Alejandro Sanchez Lopera deposited El Nietzsche de Rafael Gutiérrez-Girardot in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks agoSe analizan los textos de Rafael Gutiérrez-Girardot sobre F. Nietzsche en torno a latragedia y el pesimismo. Esta aproximación se elabora a partir de tres temas: estilo,nihilismo y estética. Se argumenta que la interpretación de Gutiérrez-Girardot sobreNietzsche impide que este sea visto solo como un crítico literario. Asimismo, estetrabajo brind…[Read more]
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “Laws, Exceptions, Norms: Kierkegaard, Schmitt, and Benjamin on the Exception,” Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Politics, Philosophy, Critical Theory, Culture, and the Arts 162 (2013): 77–96. in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 4 months, 2 weeks agoThe concept of the exception has heavily shaped modern political theory. In modernity, Kierkegaard was one of the first philosophers to propound the exception as a facilitator of metaphysical transcendence. Merging Kierkegaard’s metaphysical exception with early modern political theorist Jean Bodin’s theory of sovereignty, Carl Schmitt int…[Read more]
Lajos Brons deposited The Hegemony of Psychopathy in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 5 months agoAny social and political arrangement depends on acceptance. If a substantial part of a people does not accept the authority of its rulers, then those can only remain in power by means of force, and even that use of force needs to be accepted to be effective. Gramsci called this acceptance of the socio-political status quo “hegemony.” Every sta…[Read more]
Cousateca Proyect deposited Filosofía Cousateca in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 6 months, 2 weeks agoFilosofía del proyecto: http://www.cousateca.info
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Cousateca Proyect deposited NIVELES RELACIONALES: HACIA UNA PERSPECTIVA ESENCIAL DE LAS COSAS in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 6 months, 2 weeks agoEsquemas para una visión de filosofía Cousateca según el modelo del prof. Remo Bodei en La vida de las cosas.
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “Punishing Violent Thoughts: Islamic Dissent and Thoreauvian Disobedience in post-9/11 America” in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 6 months, 3 weeks agoAmerican Muslims increasingly negotiate their relation to a government that is suspicious of Islam, yet which recognizes them as rights-bearing citizens, within a culture they claim as their own. To better understand how the post-9/11 state is reshaping American Islam, I examine the case of Muslim American dissident Tarek Mehanna, sentenced to…[Read more]
Masahiro Morioka deposited Philosophy of Life in Contemporary Society in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 9 months, 2 weeks agoIn today’s academic philosophy, we have “philosophy of biology,” which deals with creatures’ biological phenomena, “philosophy of
death,” which concentrates on the concept of human death, and “philosophy of meaning of life,” which investigates difficult problems concerning the meaning of life and living, but we do not have “philosophy of…[Read more]-
Masahiro Morioka deposited Confessions of a Frigid Man: A Philosopher’s Journey into the Hidden Layers of Men’s Sexuality in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 9 months, 2 weeks ago“Confessions of a Frigid Man: A Philosopher’s Journey into the Hidden Layers of Men’s Sexuality” is the translation of a Japanese 2005 bestseller. Soon after the publication, this book stirred controversy over the nature of male sexuality, male “frigidity,” and its connection to the “Lolita complex.” Today, this work is considered a classic in…[Read more]
Nildo Avelino deposited Confissão e normatividade política: controle da subjetividade e produção do sujeito in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 1 year agoThis article discusses the displacement in Foucault’s analysis of confession, trying to demonstrate how the focus of analysis goes from mandatory language forms to reflexive and voluntary forms. A possible link between confession and governmen- tality is proposed in order to think about the production of the political subject. From the r…[Read more]
