Gustav Strandberg – författare

I juni 2021 publicerade Myndigheten för kulturanalys rapporten Så fri är konsten. Dess resultat var uppseendeväckande. Rapportens författare hävdade att det ”äger rum kulturpolitisk styrning som påverkar, eller riskerar att påverka, den konstnärliga friheten på ett negativt sätt”. De mest allvarliga tecknen på sådan styrning såg utredarna i hur vissa nationella, bidragsgivande instanser – framför allt Kulturrådet och Filminstitutet – ställde politiskt korrekta krav på de sökande och på utformningen av deras konstverk och projekt. Den här boken är en motrapport. Den visar att Myndigheten för kulturanalys – och den kör av röster i svensk media som har upprepat dess argument – saknar grund för påståendet att det sker en politiskt korrekt likriktning av offentligt finansierade kulturella verksamheter på nationell nivå. Däremot kartlägger Så fri är konsten allvarliga, systematiska överträdelser mot den ”konstnärliga friheten” – och mot den princip om ”armlängds avstånd” som syftar till att försvara den – på regional och kommunal nivå, i namn av de ”kreativa näringarnas” ekonomiskt och socialt välgörande effekter. Men dessa resultat har inte fått någon uppmärksamhet i den efterföljande debatten. Med utgångspunkt i Så fri är konsten och dess reception, ställer denna motrapport därför en serie kritiska frågor: hur bör vi förstå begreppet ”konstens frihet” under samtida förutsättningar? Vilka är relationerna mellan det begreppet och de ”kreativa näringarnas” fält? Vad betyder metaforen ”armlängds avstånd”? Och vilka skulle de politiska implikationerna vara av en sträng förståelse av ”konstens frihet”? På en mer grundläggande nivå vill denna bok bidra till att öppna en diskussion om vad en långsiktig, progressiv och antirasistisk kulturpolitik skulle kunna vara i Sverige idag, mot bakgrund av ett politiskt läge som kännetecknas av konservativa, xenofobiska och antiintellektuella krafters allt starkare inflytande.

Is populism the unsurpassable horizon of our own time or is it a temptation that should at all costs be resisted? Who, and to what end, does the jargon of populism serve? To answer these questions, Alexander Stagnell, Gustav Strandberg, David Payne, and their contributors trace the socio-historical significance of the concept of ‘The People’ in western philosophy and its relationship to the trend of populist politics today. Bringing together scholars from the fields of aesthetics, critical, cultural and political theory, philosophy, and rhetoric, this volume critically explores the issues facing contemporary society today. With an international team of authors, each chapter speaks to a range of contexts recently affected by populism today, including Sweden, Brazil, Germany, Austria, France, and the UK. As political and economic establishments face a crisis of legitimacy, Populism and The People in Contemporary Critical Thought reveals the shaky foundations on which the concept of ‘The People’ rests. Engaging with critical theory, feminist theory, Marxism, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis, this collection highlights how ‘The People’ comes to stand in for both belonging and exclusion, enabling us to see the uses and abuses of such terminology as pressing theoretical and political concerns.

Is populism the unsurpassable horizon of our own time or is it a temptation that should at all costs be resisted? Who, and to what end, does the jargon of populism serve? To answer these questions, Alexander Stagnell, Gustav Strandberg, David Payne, and their contributors trace the socio-historical significance of the concept of ''The People'' in western philosophy and its relationship to the trend of populist politics today. Bringing together scholars from the fields of aesthetics, critical, cultural and political theory, philosophy, and rhetoric, this volume critically explores the issues facing contemporary society today. With an international team of authors, each chapter speaks to a range of contexts recently affected by populism today, including Sweden, Brazil, Germany, Austria, France, and the UK. As political and economic establishments face a crisis of legitimacy, Populism and The People in Contemporary Critical Thought reveals the shaky foundations on which the concept of ''The People'' rests. Engaging with critical theory, feminist theory, Marxism, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis, this collection highlights how ''The People'' comes to stand in for both belonging and exclusion, enabling us to see the uses and abuses of such terminology as pressing theoretical and political concerns.

Is populism the unsurpassable horizon of our own time or is it a temptation that should at all costs be resisted? Who, and to what end, does the jargon of populism serve? To answer these questions, Alexander Stagnell, Gustav Strandberg, David Payne, and their contributors trace the socio-historical significance of the concept of ''The People'' in western philosophy and its relationship to the trend of populist politics today. Bringing together scholars from the fields of aesthetics, critical, cultural and political theory, philosophy, and rhetoric, this volume critically explores the issues facing contemporary society today. With an international team of authors, each chapter speaks to a range of contexts recently affected by populism today, including Sweden, Brazil, Germany, Austria, France, and the UK. As political and economic establishments face a crisis of legitimacy, Populism and The People in Contemporary Critical Thought reveals the shaky foundations on which the concept of ''The People'' rests. Engaging with critical theory, feminist theory, Marxism, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis, this collection highlights how ''The People'' comes to stand in for both belonging and exclusion, enabling us to see the uses and abuses of such terminology as pressing theoretical and political concerns.

Is populism the unsurpassable horizon of our own time or is it a temptation that should at all costs be resisted? Who, and to what end, does the jargon of populism serve? To answer these questions, Alexander Stagnell, Gustav Strandberg, David Payne, and their contributors trace the socio-historical significance of the concept of ‘The People’ in western philosophy and its relationship to the trend of populist politics today. Bringing together scholars from the fields of aesthetics, critical, cultural and political theory, philosophy, and rhetoric, this volume critically explores the issues facing contemporary society today. With an international team of authors, each chapter speaks to a range of contexts recently affected by populism today, including Sweden, Brazil, Germany, Austria, France, and the UK. As political and economic establishments face a crisis of legitimacy, Populism and The People in Contemporary Critical Thought reveals the shaky foundations on which the concept of ‘The People’ rests. Engaging with critical theory, feminist theory, Marxism, phenomenology, and psychoanalysis, this collection highlights how ‘The People’ comes to stand in for both belonging and exclusion, enabling us to see the uses and abuses of such terminology as pressing theoretical and political concerns.

This volume contains for the first time in English, Jan Patočka’s seminal essay “The Phenomenology of Afterlife”, as well as contributions surrounding and analyzing this text. In his essay, Patočka reflects on our relation to the dead and on how the departure of a loved one affects our continued existence. The premise of Patočka’s investigation is that our existence always takes place by and through an originary and reciprocal “being for others”.The contributors in the volume extend the field of inquiry into the wider phenomenological and post-phenomenological discussion of death by being cognizant of how works of literature can broaden our understanding of the care of death, grief, forgiveness and non-reciprocal love. Also included are reflections on issues of philosophical anthropology, community, collective memory, and the ecstatic nature of life – issues that can all be related back to Patočka’s initial reflections, but which nonetheless radiate intoa myriad of directions. This volume appeals to students and researchers in the field.

This volume contains for the first time in English, Jan Patočka’s seminal essay “The Phenomenology of Afterlife”, as well as contributions surrounding and analyzing this text. In his essay, Patočka reflects on our relation to the dead and on how the departure of a loved one affects our continued existence. The premise of Patočka’s investigation is that our existence always takes place by and through an originary and reciprocal “being for others”.The contributors in the volume extend the field of inquiry into the wider phenomenological and post-phenomenological discussion of death by being cognizant of how works of literature can broaden our understanding of the care of death, grief, forgiveness and non-reciprocal love. Also included are reflections on issues of philosophical anthropology, community, collective memory, and the ecstatic nature of life – issues that can all be related back to Patočka’s initial reflections, but which nonetheless radiate intoa myriad of directions. This volume appeals to students and researchers in the field.

This volume contains for the first time in English, Jan Patočka’s seminal essay “The Phenomenology of Afterlife”, as well as contributions surrounding and analyzing this text. In his essay, Patočka reflects on our relation to the dead and on how the departure of a loved one affects our continued existence. The premise of Patočka’s investigation is that our existence always takes place by and through an originary and reciprocal “being for others”.The contributors in the volume extend the field of inquiry into the wider phenomenological and post-phenomenological discussion of death by being cognizant of how works of literature can broaden our understanding of the care of death, grief, forgiveness and non-reciprocal love. Also included are reflections on issues of philosophical anthropology, community, collective memory, and the ecstatic nature of life – issues that can all be related back to Patočka’s initial reflections, but which nonetheless radiate intoa myriad of directions. This volume appeals to students and researchers in the field.

Här analyseras den tjeckiske filosofen Jan Patočkas (1907–1977) politiska tänkande. Det som står i centrum är frågan om hur vi bör förstå det politiska livets särart: Vilka är dess kännetecknande drag och hur ska vi närma oss dem begreppsligt? Frågan ställs här mot bakgrund av Patočkas så kallade ”a-subjektiva fenomenologi”, en fenomenologi ägnad den mänskliga existensens negativitet och grundlöshet. Denna negativitet och grundlöshet manifesterar sig i två fenomen som är kännetecknande för det politiska livet: Människans frihet och samexistens med andra. Människan är inte ett stabilt och självtillräckligt subjekt enligt Patočka, utan är tvärtom alltid redan utsatt för andra, alltid redan inbegripen i frihetens transcenderande rörelse. Avhandlingen visar att det endast är via en analys av just samspelet mellan människans frihet och samexistens som man kan närma sig Patočkas politiska tänkande. Dessa båda fenomen vittnar nämligen om det politiska livets negativa, desorienterande och omskakande natur. Gustav Strandberg är filosof och verksam vid institutionen för Kultur och lärande på Södertörns högskola. Detta är hans doktorsavhandling.