On freedom, authority and responsibility. Theorist Todd McGowan joins us to talk about the End of History, what Hegel can teach us about emancipation, and why Slavoj Zizek’s reinterpretation of Hegel is so important. If contradiction is the basis of modern politics, what is its link to freedom? And what is the connection between freedom and authority? Are stable sources of authority even possible in modernity? We also put some listener questions to Todd, as we learn that the Right, just as much as the Left, evades authority and is unwilling to take responsibility. Readings: Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution Review of book in Marx & Philosophy
On February 22, 1788, famous and most influential German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born. He is best known for his book, The World as Will and Representation, in which he claimed that our world is driven by a continually dissatisfied will, continually seeking satisfaction.
Argumente zur Kritik der Philosophie, nicht nur zu Adorno, sondern auch zu Kant, Hegel, Marx Dissertation von Peter Decker von 1982 http://sozialreferat.com/Krit_Theorie_P_Decker.mp3
Schwerpunkt Anerkennung und Gabe, betreut von Thomas Bedorf. Mit Beiträgen von Marcel Hénaff, Iris Därmann, Alain Caillé, Stephan Moebius und Dirk Quadflieg
M. Hien. Unordentliche Collectanea. Gotthold Ephraim Lessings 'Laokoon' zwischen antiquarischer Gelehrsamkeit und ästhetischer Theoriebildung, De Gruyter, (2013)