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Beyond Deconstruction
The controversy over Jacques Derrida's legacy is one of the most effective engines driving the contemporary debate, far beyond the bounds of philosophy. By now, the variety of contesting positions is so wide that it calls for a critical assessment to achieve a unified theoretical scheme. The dyad of deconstruction and reconstruction, to which the title of the volume refers, aims at composing a kind of map of this debate. The three sections of the book include essays that investigate specific aspects of Derrida's reception, from the view of 1. philosophy, 2. literary studies and 3. politics and law. These contributions study the implications of deconstruction beyond its original scope and intervene by taking stock of its most relevant aporias.
Philosophy's Duty Towards Social Suffering
Social suffering commands increasing public attention in the wake of several historical processes that have changed the ways victims are perceived. In making suffering eloquent by rendering it in conceptual form, philosophy runs the risk of muting suffering, thereby neutralizing its ability to mobilize responses. In the experience of suffering philosophy finds a limit it must recognize as its own. Yet only by fulfilling its duty towards suffering - only by having the abolition of suffering as its ultimate goal - can philosophical thinking withstand a tacit complicity with injustice. José A. Zamora. Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy (Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research - CSIC), Madrid-Spain. Reyes Mate. Emeritus Research Professor at the Institute of Philosophy (Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research - CSIC), Madrid-Spain.
Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism
This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School's theory of antisemitism and, employing this critical theory, investigates the presence of antisemitism in 20th- and 21st-century politics and society. Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism uncovers how critical theory differs from mainstream socialist or liberal critiques of antisemitism, as it frames its rejection of antisemitism in the critique of other aspects of modern capitalist society, which traditional theories leave unchallenged or critique only in passing. Amongst others, these include issues of identity, nation, race, and sexuality. In exploring the Frankfurt School's writings on antisemitism ther...
The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory
The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory expounds the development of critical theory from its founding thinkers to its contemporary formulations in an interdisciplinary setting. It maps the terrain of a critical social theory, expounding its distinctive character vis-a-vis alternative theoretical perspectives, exploring its theoretical foundations and developments, conceptualising its subject matters both past and present, and signalling its possible future in a time of great uncertainty. Taking a distinctively theoretical, interdisciplinary, international and contemporary perspective on the topic, this wide-ranging collection of chapters is arranged thematically over three volumes: Volume I: Key Texts and Contributions to a Critical Theory of Society Volume II: Themes Volume III: Contexts This Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students in the field, showcasing the scholarly rigor, intellectual acuteness and negative force of critical social theory, past and present.
Desde la vida dañada
«La vida no vive». Las condiciones que rigen la existencia en las sociedades contemporáneas generan vidas irremisiblemente dañadas. La teoría crítica de Theodor W. Adorno parte de esa certeza y constata cómo, bajo las coerciones de un poder social avasallador, las biografías individuales se constituyen como un «sistema de cicatrices». Así evidencia los rasgos más lesivos de una lógica social que debilita a los sujetos, socava la posibilidad de la crítica y parece alejar la perspectiva de transformación social en el momento en que esta se vuelve más necesaria.En Desde la vida dañada Jordi Maiso muestra cómo el pensamiento de Adorno aspira a mantener vivo el impulso emancipad...
The Routledge Companion to Women and Musical Leadership
The Routledge Companion to Women and Musical Leadership: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond provides a comprehensive exploration of women’s participation in musical leadership from the nineteenth century to the present. Global in scope, with contributors from over thirty countries, this book reveals the wide range of ways in which women have taken leadership roles across musical genres and contexts, uncovers new histories, and considers the challenges that women continue to face. The volume addresses timely issues in the era of movements such as #MeToo, digital feminisms, and the resurgent global feminist movements. Its multidisciplinary chapters represent a wide range of methodologies, wit...
Costituzione e lotta di classe
Pubblicato in Germania per la prima volta nel 1971, Costituzione e lotta di classe raccoglie gli scritti di Hans-Jürgen Krahl, morto a soli 27 anni per un incidente automobilistico l’anno precedente. Allievo di Adorno allo Institut für Sozialforschung di Francoforte, Krahl ha saputo recepire le riflessioni della teoria critica francofortese rielaborandole in modo originale. Il suo lavoro è attraversato da una costante interrogazione sul nesso tra teoria e prassi, tramite cui egli rivolge una critica radicale alla prima e seconda generazione dei francofortesi. Il suo si può definire un incontro-scontro con la Scuola di Francoforte. Il merito e l’importanza di Krahl consistono nella sua capacità di articolare una prospettiva in grado di tenere insieme teoria critica e prassi politica nel solco di un materialismo volto alla continua interazione tra la necessità di comprendere il mondo e quella di trasformarlo.
¿Derrotó el "smartphone" al movimiento ecologista?
Nos resulta más fácil aceptar el fin del mundo que el final del smartphone. Y es que como proclaman los gurús de Silicon Valley, la promesa redentora de una tecnología sin fisuras nos permitirá solucionar todos los problemas del mundo. El mesianismo tecnológico es la modalidad predominante que adopta hoy la ideología del progreso, sostenida en la ilusión de que la tecnociencia nos permitirá rehacer el mundo a nuestra imagen y semejanza. Las fuerzas de esta tecnolatría, como nos recuerda Jorge Riechmann, sueñan hoy con la velocidad de escape: cada vez más lejos y cada vez más rápido es la divisa de los cambios tecnológicos para escapar de los límites biofísicos y de la condic...
Sembrar esperanza acompañando el presente
Transitamos tiempos inciertos, perdemos seguridades, crece la precariedad, arrecia el frío en el corazón y el sentido se nubla. Donde los ojos distraídos no descubren más que razones para desesperar, es posible, sin embargo, descubrir y anunciar signos de esperanza que consuelan y alientan. El presente está preñado de esperanza. En cada realidad, por dura que sea, existe siempre posibilidad de bien, capacidad para romper con el hechizo de la impotencia. La esperanza se teje con la confianza tendida hacia el futuro y pone alas a la paciencia. Nos lleva a mirar siempre adelante con valentía. Hoy necesitamos hombres y mujeres portadores de esperanza y de sentido acompañando, consolando, con-padeciendo, alentando los brotes de V/vida que despuntan en cada persona, en la historia y en la creación.
