New Radical Enlightenment

Philosophy for a Common World

AvMarina Garcés

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Philosophy was born out of discussion, out of the rivalry between world views. From the philosophical ferment of the Enlightenment arose the idea of emancipation, a conflictual perspective which Marina Garcés would have us rethink. New Radical Enlightenment lays out the need for critical dissent as a new beginning for the humanities in apocalyptic times. The productive dissent she envisions is established on the inclusion of multiple perspectives attending to common problems.Our societies are faced with the urgency of combating dogmatism in all its forms. Fundamentalism, authoritarianism, and the struggle of the rich against the poor are returning. We also see dogmatic ways of dealing with science, data, and technology emerging. In the face of this, unfinished philosophy is a bid to make thought exciting once again. It is not a question of nurturing sterile theories. Today's young people need powerful tools for a critical imagination. Leaping out of historicism, the new radical enlightenment arrives to address anew the central problems of contemporary philosophy and place them in a planetary, postcolonial, and feminist framework: a philosophy for a common world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-04
Mått:140 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt:166 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Verso Books
ISBN:9781839762987
Översättare:Julie Wark

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Marina Garces is a philosopher, activist and teacher from Barcelona. In her work, she focuses on politics and critical thinking. She expresses the need for a philosophical voice capable of challenging and commitment. She rethinks the relation of humans to the world and points out how easily humanity accepts forms of oppression instead of striving for dignity. Some of her most famous books are Filosofía inacabada, Nova illustració radical y Escuela de aprendices.

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What remains of the human subject in an age when reason is carried out by and through information machines and technologies of calculation? Who will set the boundaries that distinguish between the calculable and the incalculable? What will it take to turn instruments of calculation into instruments of liberation? This wonderfully readable book is also a work of profound scholarship by one of the most powerful thinkers working today.

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PrefacePart 1: New Radical Enlightenment1. Our Posthumous ConditionUnsustainabilityAfter PostmodernityThe Catastrophe of Time2. Enlightened RadicalismCultural ServitudeEnlightened IlliteracyNeutralising CriticismDelegated Intelligence3. Humanities in TransitionPart 2: Philosophy for a Common World1. How Not to Philosophise2. From Infinite Universe to Exhausted Planet3. Philosophy Had a History4. Doing Away with Philosophy5. 'Europe Is Indefensible'6. The Places of Philosophy7. Standardising Thought8. To Write Is to Be Transformed9. Learning to Think10. University without Surrender11. The New Alliances12. End of the 'Great Men'13. Body and Thought14. From Suspicion to Trust