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Democracy and Dissapointment

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 6th, 2008|philosophy, politics|0 Comments

This is an interesting public conversation between Simon Critchley and Alain Badiou that took place on November 15, 2007 at Slought foundation. It features a first session were Simon Critchley outlines his thoughts about democracy and disappointment as presented on his recent book (Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance). His analysis is based on his quasi-Levinasian, Badiouan, Lacanian and Kantian ideas about ethics, politics and philosophy and he is mainly interested in the politics of resistance-military neoliberalism, neo leninism, neo anarchism. In the next session Badiou outlines his thoughts upon 6 phrases that he spotted on Critchley's Book, and tries to relate/contrast them to his philosophical beliefs. Badiou, A., & Critchley, S. (2007). Democracy and disappointment: alain badiou/simon critchley on the politics of resistance, Conversations in Theory. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from http://www.slought.org/content/11385/. The Conversation can be downloaded from this link. Slought Foundation quotes: "In disoriented times, we [...]

Metaphysics of …

By μο.|2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00December 16th, 2007|ontheroad, philosophy|0 Comments

If culture is our highest goal, we might ask, what becomes of metaphysical theories which speculate on the fundamental nature of reality using reason alone? "It is true there could be a metaphysical world; the absolute possibility of it is hardly to be disputed. We behold all things through the human head and cannot cut off this head; while the question nonetheless remains, what of the world would still be there if one had cut it off." Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche. Theories which try to answer this question are simply outside the scope of human investigation. Historically, this question has always had a fascination for philosophers, but what do we gain if we accept the existence of a metaphysical dimension? We are inhabitants of a physical world; only there do our thoughts and desires have any application. It is in this world of human action that Nietzsche's critical insights [...]