scholarly journals Editor's Note

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Aura-Elena Schussler

The present volume is dedicated to the 2nd Edition of the National Conference “Human Nature, Culture, Technology (NUCT 2021)” with the theme: Life and Death in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis—A Posthumanist Approach. The volume provides a really exciting opportunity for the reader, with respect to the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, analyzed in the posthuman paradigm, to take into account the importance of posthumanist critiques, at a time of great changes at the existential level. The contributors to this volume include several scholars from various fields of analysis including philosophy, ethics, medicine, technology, politics, culture, and communication—and their reflections in the critical posthumanism parameters, with regard to how life and death (both at a human and non-human level) was and still is managed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Vandenberghe

Resumo Este artigo propõe uma análise crítica das teses pós-humanistas. Lendo teorias que estão direta ou indiretamente associadas ao pós-humanismo, tais como as de Leroi-Gourhan, Deleuze e Simondon, o autor apresenta uma história sobre a complexidade organizada, a mediação tecnológica e a alienação humana. O artigo é dividido em três partes. Explorando a tese da tecnologia como exteriorização dos órgãos, a primeira parte analisa o pós-humanismo como uma ‘teoria da alienação sem alienação’ que sistematicamente dissolve as fronteiras entre o humano e o não-humano, a natureza e a cultura, a tecnologia e a sociedade. Em seguida, através de uma investigação da ‘heterogênese maquínica’, argumenta-se que a ‘ópera maquínica’ de Deleuze e Guattari simplesmente atola o humano no magma da Vida. Por fim, focando sobre a lógica científica das tecnociências, o artigo conclui mostrando que as ciber- e biotecnologias do capitalismo industrial tardio estão reescrevendo a natureza e transformando as relações entre o humano, a vida e a máquina.Palavras-chave pós-humanismo; hominização; alienação; tecnociências; biocapitalismo.  Abstract This article proposes a critical analysis of the post-humanist thesis. Examining theories that are directly or indirectly associated with post-humanism, such as those of Leroi-Gourhan, Deleuze and Simondon, the author presents a story about organized complexity, technological mediation and human alienation. The article is divided in three parts. Exploring the thesis of technology as exteriorization of the organs, the first part analyzes posthumanism as a "theory of alienation without alienation" that systematically dissolves the boundaries between the human and the non-human, nature and culture, technology and society. Through an investigation of "machinic heterogenesis", it next argues that Deleuze’s "machinic opera" simply swamps the human into the magma of Life. Finally, focusing on the scientific logic of the techno-sciences, the article concludes by showing that cyber- and biotechnologies of late industrial capitalism are rewriting nature and transforming the relations between the human, life and the machine.Keywords post-humanism; humanization; techno-sciences; bio-capitalism. 


Author(s):  
Bruno Irion Coletto

RESUMO: O artigo busca explorar as críticas e os comentários lançados por Leo Strauss acerca de um dos principais livros de Carl Schmitt, intitulado O Conceito do Político. Sob o pressuposto da existência de um “diálogo escondido” entre os dois filósofos, e sob o pano de fundo da disputa entre a Teologia Política e a Filosofia Política, primeiramente explorar-se-ão os aspectos fundamentais da obra schmittiana, enquadrando-a como a afirmação do âmbito político perante o projeto de um liberalismo individualista despolitizador moderno. Compreendidos os aspectos fundamentais do pensamento de Schmitt, analisar-se-ão as concordâncias e as críticas de Strauss, especialmente acerca do critério de existência da política, ou seja, do critério que separa os homens entre amigos e inimigos, fundando a política. Strauss, fazendo uma releitura daquilo que Schmitt chamou de “pergunta de vida e morte”, demonstra como a pluralidade interna à comunidade, diferentemente daquilo que pensava Schmitt, é proveniente da natureza humana. Strauss, portanto, faz uma releitura da pergunta de vida e morte, estabelecendo a diferença fundamental entre aquilo que chama de Filosofia Política e a Teologia Política de Schmitt. Palavras-Chave: Filosofia política; Teologia Política; Leo Strauss; Carl Schmitt; O Conceito do Político. Abstract: The article explores the critics and comments of Leo Strauss on one of Carl Schmitt’s main books, titled The Concept of the Political. Under the assumption of a "hidden dialogue" between these two philosophers, and with the background of the dispute between Political Theology and Political Philosophy, fundamental aspects of Schmitt’s work are explored initially, framing it as an assertion of the political framework before the project of a modern depoliticizing individualistic liberalism. Once the fundamental aspects of Schmitt’s thoughts are understood, Strauss’ concordances and critiques are analyzed, especially regarding the politics existence criterion, i.e. the criterion that separates men between friends and foes, founding the politics. Strauss, reinterpreting what Schmitt called "question of life and death," demonstrates how community’s internal plurality, unlike what Schmitt thought, comes from human nature. Strauss therefore makes a rereading of the question of life and death, establishing the fundamental difference between what he calls Political Philosophy and Schmitt’s Political Theology Keywords: Political Philosophy; Political Theology; Leo Strauss; Carl Schmitt; The Concept of the Political.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-85
Author(s):  
Kharytonova A ◽  
◽  
Bielova O ◽  

The article discusses the issues of architectural genesis, rapid implementation, the realities of development, life and death of new Soviet cities, as a necessary prerequisite for our attempt to understand and, possibly, resolve some of the key problems of the current trend of degradation of the urban planning environment of the Soviet period. This can give us the clearest understanding of the changes currently taking place in human nature and social order, and will allow us to more deeply analyze urban planning decisions when designing new settlements.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Marlon Butar-butar

Filsafat lahir sejak manusia mulai berpikir, karenanya perannya sangatlah penting dalam hidup dan kemajuan manusia. Tidak ada penemuan tanpa didahuli proses bertanya dan mencari jawabannya. Di sanalah filsafat memainkan peran. Karena itu manusia modern tidak mungkin meninggalkan filsafa. Filsafat tidak menyelidiki salah satu segi dari kenyataan saja, melainkan apa-apa saja yang menarik perhatian manusia. Komposisi filsafat mengandung pertanyaan mengenai asal-usul dan tujuan, tentang hidup dan kematian, tentang hakikat manusia. Sederhananya, berfilsafat adalah kegiatan untuk mencari tahu. Dalam perkembangannya filsafat telah mendominasi ratio manusia untuk menetukan benar salah suatu pemikiran. Perkembangan ini pun sangat dimanfaatkan oleh para ilmuwan, yang akhirnya benar-benar sangat mempengaruhi soal-soal spiritual, termasuk bidang teologia. Dalam sejarah dua bidang ini sangat kuat saling mempengaruhi hingga pada abad pertengahan hingga modern filsafat seolah meninggalkan teologia, akhirnya banyak pihak menjadi antipati terhadapnya, karena dianggap sebagai musuh teologia. Keadaan ini sangat mempengaruhi sikap dan minat belajar mahasiswa di mana penulis berkecimpung, karenanya sebagai satu refleksi tulisan ini dibuat agar dapat mengembalikan peran filsafat dalam teologia. Philosophy was born since humans began to think, therefore its role is very important in human life and progress. There is no discovery without the process of asking questions and finding the answers. That's where philosophy plays a role. Therefore, modern humans can not leave philosophers. Philosophy does not investigate just one aspect of reality, but anything that attracts human attention. The philosophical composition contains questions about the origin and purpose, about life and death, about human nature. Simply put, philosophy is an activity to find out. In its development, philosophy has dominated the human ratio to determine whether a thought is correct. This development was greatly utilized by scientists, who ultimately really greatly influenced spiritual matters, including the field of theology. In the history of these two fields very strongly influenced each other until the Middle Ages to modern philosophy as if leaving theology, eventually many parties became antipathy towards it, because it was considered an enemy of theology. This situation greatly affects the attitudes and students' interest in learning where the author is involved, therefore as a reflection this paper is made in order to restore the role of philosophy in theology.


Scrinium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-180
Author(s):  
Nozomu Yamada

Significant perspectives on Christ’s life and death, which both Pelagius and the Eastern Fathers held, are Christ’s victory over the Devil, the continuous creation of humanity, and Christ’s redemption of human sin. Imitating Christ’s example by exercising free will is the most important Christian response to Christ’s victory. Synergism between the exercise of free will and Christ’s example as God’s grace are located in God’s mystical Oikonomia. As seen in their for-knowledge theory concerning the story of Esau’s abandonment, Pelagius’ synergism was in no way heretical, but rather completely consistent with the Eastern Fathers. On the other hand, the discontinuity in Augustine’s soteriology between human nature after the Fall and Christ’s redemption as God’s grace is significantly different from the continuity evident in Pelagius’ and the Eastern Fathers’ views. Augustine’s logical- philosophical speculation on Esau’s abandonment, which was repeated in non-historical contexts, had to come down to his theories of original sin and predestination. The peculiarity of the historical Jesus Christ in God’s Oikonomia, as well as the unique, special historicity of every human, was almost absorbed into the universality of Augustine’s theories. However, Pelagius as well as Basil and Rufinus thought that in every decision of free will to imitate Christ’s life and death, as seen in the same person narrative in Pelagius’ Pauline commentary, the grace of God was concretely and livingly expressed in the unique and personal history of believers.



2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Moreman

Birds have an ambiguous symbolic significance across cultures throughout human history, ubiquitously relating to both life and death. Birds are routinely seen as portents of impending calamity and death, while they are also often thought to bear away or steal spirits of the dead, sometimes even embodying those very spirits themselves. On the other hand, birds are also commonly associated with life, fertility, and longevity. This paper brings together cross-cultural evidence for the practically universal associations between birds and both life and death. This paper offers an explanation for this association as an expression of the deep-seated human ambivalence to mortality. As a form of Jungian archetype, birds reflect a fundamental aspect of human nature—the denial of death as finality through a desire for renewal, transformation, and rebirth.


Author(s):  
Richard T. Vann ◽  
David Eversley
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