Realigning Philosophy and Wisdom in the 21st Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-340
Author(s):  
Victoria S. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Good Life ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Securing a future for philosophy and wisdom in the professionalized and specialized context of twenty-first century academia is the challenge taken up by this article. If the conception of philosophy as the love of wisdom expects too much of philosophers, the construal of philosophy as the study of wisdom expects too little. To attempt to rehabilitate the relationship between philosophy and wisdom by claiming that philosophy is the study of wisdom unreasonably limits the scope of the current vibrant and expansive discipline, leaving it unclear how the more theoretical dimensions of philosophy might fit into it. Moreover, to exclude from consideration the possibility that a person might be improved by philosophy, and his or her life enhanced, is to denature the discipline. The model of philosophy as encouraging friendship with wisdom, on the other hand, does not underestimate philosophy’s potential for helping someone to become the kind of person who could make the choices likely to contribute to the living of a good life. By providing a way of thinking about the relationship between philosophy and wisdom that is appropriate to our age, the idea that philosophers are friends of wisdom can contribute to our evolving practice and understanding of the discipline, while at the same time allowing philosophy and philosophers to remain vitally connected to their heritage.

scholarly journals DANTES LITTERÆRE ATMOSFÆROLOGI

1970 ◽  
Vol 41 (116) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Dennis Meyhoff Brink
Keyword(s):  
Divine Comedy ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Peter Sloterdijk ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The One ◽  
Atmospheric Phenomena ◽  
Lauren Berlant

DANTE’S LITERARY ATMOSPHEROLOGY | The article argues that recent theories on affect and atmosphere by, for instance, Teresa Brennan, Lauren Berlant, and Peter Sloterdijk, can enter into an extraordinarily fruitful interchange with Dante’s Divine Comedy. On the one hand, these theories can direct our attention to the hitherto overlooked atmospheric phenomena that occur ubiquitously in Dante’s Comedy and provide us with concepts that render them legible as products of human emissions. On the other hand, the numerous descriptions of different atmospheres in Dante’s Comedy can contribute to overcoming the lack of linguistic specifications and distinctions which – according to theorists such as Brian Massumi and Peter Sloterdijk – characterizes today’s Western understanding of affective atmospheres and impedes its ongoing theorization. Based on readings of a selected number of atmospheres in Dante’s Comedy, the article argues that the Comedy not only anticipated insights that were not articulated theoretically until the twentieth and twenty-first century, butalso makes up an exceptional encyclopedia of affective atmospheres that have not yet been examined, neither by Dante researchers, nor by theorists of affects and atmospheres. Therefore, both camps have much to learn from Dante’s literary atmospherology, which the article aims to make explicit.

The Standard of Taste Debate

Food Fights ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 100-123
Author(s):  
Charles C. Ludington
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tribal Identity ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Class Status ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Standard Of Taste ◽  
The One

On the one hand people like to say that “there is no accounting for taste.” On the other hand, people constantly make judgments about their own and other people’s taste (gustatory and aesthetic). Charles Ludington examines the taste for wine in eighteenth-century England and Scotland, and the taste for beer in twenty-first century America, to argue that taste can in fact be accounted for because it is a reflection of custom, “tribal” identity, gender, political beliefs, and conceptions of authenticity, which are mostly but not entirely conditioned by class status and aspirations. And rightly or wrongly, we judge other people’s taste because taste positions us in society.

Asymmetrical decentralization in Spain – implications for politics and political system/ Decentralizacja niesymetryczna w Hiszpanii – implikacje polityczne i ustrojowe

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wioletta Husar
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
State System ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Main Determinants

AbstractGlobalization processes, weakening position of national states, integration processes, society changes and democratization of systems are just a few of the main determinants of dynamic changes taking place in the twentieth and twenty-first century. Their effects become revealed by, for example, an increasing independece tendencies among nations without their own countries. Spain, for centuries forming a heterogeneous state system, after the fall of the Francoist regime and facing the need for system transformation, has implemented many innovative solutions, especially in the field of territorial decentralization. The intensification of secession demands from the part of autonomous Spanish communities, seems to make introduction of reforms inevitable, reforms that would have to maintain the unity of the monarchy, and on the other hand, to live up to the expectations of the regions.

scholarly journals Studying development in the 21st Century

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-356
Author(s):  
Michael S. C. Thomas ◽  
Gert Westermann ◽  
Denis Mareschal ◽  
Mark H. Johnson ◽  
Sylvain Sirois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Future Study ◽  
First Century ◽  
Target Article ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn this response, we consider four main issues arising from the commentaries to the target article. These include further details of the theory of interactive specialization, the relationship between neuroconstructivism and selectionism, the implications of neuroconstructivism for the notion of representation, and the role of genetics in theories of development. We conclude by stressing the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in the future study of cognitive development and by identifying the directions in which neuroconstructivism can expand in the Twenty-first Century.

scholarly journals Assembling and disassembling

MODOS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Nora Sternfeld
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
21St Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
To Come ◽  
Value Coding ◽  
The Relationship

“Towards the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century”, as Anthony Gardner and Charles Green propose, “biennials became self-conscious.” Increasingly they are reflecting on themselves as "hegemonic machines" (Oliver Marchart), and for this very reason also understand themselves as places of intervention. We have to come to terms with the fact that biennials today are both: "Brands and Sites of Resistance", "Spaces of Capital and Hope" (Panos Kompatsiaris).The article follows withdrawals and protests as well as interventions and strategies of appropriation of biennials in the second decade of the 21st century. Protests in St. Petersburg, Sydney and New York shape the biennials they boycott. In Kochi, Athens, Dhaka, and Kassel we encounter curatorial projects that challenge the apparatus of value coding. The relationship between bottom up and top down often becomes blurred. In Prague, Warsaw, Kiev, and Budapest it is even reversed. Here biennials are used as a means of counter-hegemony and institutional survival.

scholarly journals Pemikiran Hermeneutika Muhammad Syahrur tentang Konsep Kesetaraan Gender dalam Islam

Dialogia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Rohmatul Izad
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Hermeneutic Philosophy ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: The feminist model of interpretation developed rapidly at the around the 21st century. The majority of feminist criticized the centrality of men in interpreting Qurán. They argued that the presence of gender bias applied by the interpreters which is still dominated by men. Therefore, it was shaped the understanding paradigm of the Qur'an and Islam in general. On the other hand, secular and Muslim feminists, Muslim feminist scholars are not discarding Islam itself. They refer to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet to support their claim that the Qur'an is required to be reinterpreted. This study aims to scrutinize the concept of gender equality in Islam in the perspective of hermeneutic philosophy proposed by Muhammad Syahrur. This study tried to reveal   how the relationship between men and women really is in Islam, whether the views of past scholars are still relevant in placing status of men and women. It employed a hermeneutic analysis approach. Referring to Syahrur's hermeneutics, researcher critically dissect the relationships between men and women in Islam, and utilize contemporary readings on them. Lastly, it is expected that the result of the study is able to produce a new rational about gender in Islam contextually and in accordance with the demand of society.ملخص:من القرن العشرين إلى القرن الحادي والعشرين،تطور نمط التأويل النسوي بسرعة. غالبية المترجمين النسوي، سواء كان ذكرا أو أنثى، تنتقد أغلبية المترجمين النسويين، سواء كانوا ذكوراً أم أنثى، مركزية الرجال في تفسير القرآن الكريم ويؤكدون على الحجة القائلة بأن تفسير التحيز الجنسي لا يزال يهيمن عليه الرجال ، وقد شكل معظمهم نموذج فهم القرآن والإسلام بشكل عام.  بخلاف النسويات العلمانيات، لا ترفض النسويات المسلمات الإسلام نفسه. بدلا من ذلك ، فإنهم يشيرون إلى القرآن والسنة النبوية لدعم ادعائهم بأن القرآن يحتاج إلى إعادة تفسير. يحاول هذا البحث على وجه التحديد دراسة واستكشاف مفهوم المساواة بين الجنسين في الإسلام ، خاصة في منظور التفكير التأويلي) الهرمنيوطيقا (لمحمد شحرور. يحلل هذا البحث العلاقة الحقيقية بين الرجل والمرأة في الإسلام ، وما إذا كانت وجهات نظر الباحثين السابقين لا تزال ذات صلة بتحديد وضع الرجال والنساء. بعبارة أخرى، تحاول هذه الدراسة أن تجعل القراءة المعاصرة لمفهوم المساواة بين الجنسين في الإسلام، والذي يشير بالتحديد إلى التفكير التأويلي) الهرمنيوطيقا (لمحمد شحرور. على هذا الأساس، تستخدم هذه الدراسة نهج التحليل التأويلي من خلال تأويلات شحرور، يقوم الباحثبتشريح العلاقات بين الرجال والنساء في الإسلام ، وإجراء قراءات معاصرة بشأنهم. حتى يكون قادرا على إنتاج تفكير جديد حول الجنس في الإسلام والذي يكون أكثر سياقًا ووفقًا لتطور الزمنAbstrak: Sejak abad ke-20 hingga abad ke-21, model penafsiran feminis berkembang pesat. Mayoritas penafsir feminis, baik laki-laki atau pun perempuan, mengkritik sentralitas laki-laki dalam melakukan penafsiran al-Qur’an, mereka menekankan argumentasi bahwa bias gender penafsir hingga kini masih didominasi pria, sebagian besar telah membentuk paradigma pemahaman al-Qur’an dan Islam secara umum. Berbeda dengan feminis sekuler, sarjana feminis Muslim tidak menolak Islam itu sendiri.Sebaliknya, mereka mengacu pada al-Qur’an dan sunah Nabi untuk mendukung klaim mereka bahwa al-Qur’an perlu ditafsirkan kembali.Penelitian ini secara khusus mencoba mengkaji dan menelusuri konsep kesetaraan gender dalam Islam, khususnya dalam perspektif pemikiran hermeneutika Muhammad Syahrur.Penelitian ini menganalisis tentang bagaimana sesungguhnya hubungan antara laki-laki dan perempuan dalam Islam, apakah pandangan-pandangan ulama masa lalu masih relevan dalam memposisikan status laki-laki dan perempuan. Dengan kata lain, penelitian ini mencoba melakukan pembacaan kontemporer terhadap konsep kesetaraan gender dalam Islam, yang secara khusus mengacu pada pemikiran hermeneutika Muhammad Syahrur. Atas dasar tersebut, penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan analisis-hermeneutik.Melalui hermeneutika Syahrur, peneliti membedah secara kritis hubungan laki-laki dan perempuan dalam Islam, serta dilakukan pembacaan kontemporer terhadapnya. Sehingga diharapkan mampu mengahasilkan sebuah produk pemikiran baru tentang gender dalam Islam yang lebih kontekstual dan sesuai dengan dinamika zaman.

Twenty-first century socialism? Venezuela’s solidarity, social, popular and communal economy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Azzellini
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
First Century ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Societal Transformation ◽  
Collective Ownership ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

The chapter critically analyses the different efforts in Venezuela to support and build a solidarity, social, popular and communal economy as part of what is defined as goal of a societal transformation toward a so-called ‘21st century socialism.’ It presents different initiatives from below as well as the state’s reaction and initiatives. The range of initiatives and models of collective ownership and production ranges from workers’ participation in state companies to workers’ control and the construction of a communal economy self-managed by the communities based on direct democracy. The chapter also points out the tension between the officially declared policy supporting self-management and workers’ control and the far more contradictory and conflictive reality of the relationship between state and self-management.

scholarly journals Izquierda, software e internet: una agenda invisible

2018 ◽  
pp. 289-308
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Social Movements ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The One ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
Los Grupos ◽  
Movimientos Sociales

Resumen: El objetivo de estas páginas consiste en analizar las inscripciones políticas alrededor de ciertas discusiones en curso sobre software e internet. Específicamente: este artículo trata sobre los modos en que distintos grupos activistas abocados a los problemas políticos producto del uso masivo de servicios digitales fuertemente centralizados inscriben su lucha dentro de la tradición cultural de las izquierdas. Si, por un lado, la bibliografía destinada a pensar la izquierda del siglo XXI parece desconocer las propuestas concretas de los grupos activistas, por otro lado, estos mismos apelan a diferentes elementos tanto de la tradición marxista como libertaria. Se trata de discusiones que en buena medida también caen fuera de los estudios político-sociales contemporáneos y los activistas que las llevan a cabo han logrado plantear tanto una desconocida agenda de discusión sobre estos problemas como las coordenadas políticas para pensarlos. A continuación este texto pretende lograr su objetivo a través de tres de estos ejes de discusión: (I) sobre privacidad y criptografía, (II) sobre el uso de software libre y (III) sobre la importancia de utilizar redes descentralizadas. Finalmente, las inscripciones activistas y académicas de estas intervenciones permiten observar cómo se reconfiguran actualmente nuevas prácticas de militancia en relación a otras luchas sociales tradicionales dentro de la izquierda. Palabras clave:Izquierdas, Software libre, Encriptación, P2P, nuevos movimientos sociales Left Thought, Software and Internet: an Invisible Agenda Abstract:The aim of this article is to analyze the activists’ political inscriptions around the discussions connected with software and internet. On the one hand, the literature intended to think the left of the twenty-first century seems to ignore the concrete proposals of these activist groups. Where as, on the other hand, the activists dedicated the digital fights usually appeal to elements of the Marxist and anarchist traditions. Most of these activists have an academic inscription, but, in fact, they raise an unknown agenda of discussion and some concepts to think about it. Therefore, this text aims to achieve its objective through three of these axes of discussion: (I) cryptography and privacy, (II) software libre and left thought, and (III) importance of digital decentralized services. Finally, the activist and academic inscriptions of these interventions might lead us to an analysis of these new militant practices in relation with other traditional struggles of the left culture. Keywords: Left Thought, Software Libre, Cryptography, P2P, New Social Movements

scholarly journals The Death of the Angel: Reflections on the Relationship between Enlightenment and Enchantment in the Twenty-first Century

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH BEHAR
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
First Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship

Tango artist Astor Piazzolla’s composition, ‘La muerte del ángel’, serves as inspiration for a few reflections on the relationship between enlightenment and enchantment in the 21st century. Piazzolla wrote the fugue as accompaniment to a play, ‘Tango del angel’, about an angel who tries to heal broken human spirits in Buenos Aires and ends up dying in a knife fight. Drawing on tango’s melancholy, longing, and hesitant hoping, I share stories from my travels where I engage with the struggle to sustain an ethnographic art that brings heart to the process of knowing the world.

scholarly journals Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy House (2017) and Other Evictions: Transnational Connections of Past and Present Crises in Cinema

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-187
Author(s):  
Elena Oliete-Aldea ◽  
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hybrid Nature ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Global And Local

Crisis is the word that seems to best characterize the twenty-first century conjuncture. The bleakness and instability of an uncertain and troubled present often encourages the proliferation of nostalgic images of past times, which become sweetened scenarios for escapist memories. On the other hand, the local and global current economic, social and political divisions have also brought to light the need to revisit certain aspects of the past from other perspectives. This is the case of Gurinder Chadha’s films, which frequently advocate for the crossing of cultural borders by showing the hybrid nature of communities and their heritage. Following Robert Stam’s cultural and filmic methodology which includes a transdisciplinary, transmediatic, transtextual, transregional, and transartistic approach (2019), I aim to analyze Chadha’s Viceroy’s House as a film that proposes a revision of India’s Partition while offering a critical transnational and intersectional connection of contemporary global and local scenarios.

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