Телеграм канал «Политическая теория и философия (Political theory and philosophy)»

Amelie Berger-Soraruff - Technics of existence: Sartre, Foucault and Stiegler How ought we to live with new technologies? What future do we want in light of the many changes they bring to human existence? At a time when responsible innovation is on everyone's lips and academics turn to applied ethics to tackle these issues, this book questions the lack of a strong and coherent ethics of the self within the current discipline of the philosophy of technology. Drawing on Jean-Paul Sartre's existential phenomenology, Michel Foucault's biopolitics, and Bernard Stiegler's philosophy of the amateur, Amélie Berger-Soraruff examines the crucial importance of developing a politics of the self in contemporary technoculture. Refreshingly original, this work frames Stiegler as a philosopher of the human and situates his contributions in continuity with those of Sartre and Foucault, while reasserting their relevance in a field of research that often prioritizes technological enhancement over individual emancipation. It presents Stiegler's thought as a contemporary echo of Sartrean existentialism and reflects on the Foucauldian elements of his philosophy. Extending Stiegler's views to the fields of media studies and STS, this book brilliantly nuances his portrayal of technoculture, which he perceived as increasingly alienating, yet not devoid of alternatives.

«В целом нельзя приветствовать на фоне жизнерадостной стройки будущего такие книги» Отрывок из книги «Зарубежная литература глазами советских читателей 1930-х годов» Вскоре после революции началось формирование нового советского читателя художественной литературы — в массе своей малограмотного, но зато идеологически заряженного и очень бдительного. О том, каких успехов удалось добиться на этой ниве к концу первой трети XX века, можно судить по книге «Зарубежная литература глазами советских читателей 1930-х годов», подготовленной Ольгой и Сергеем Пановыми. Предлагаем вашему вниманию отрывок, в котором трудящиеся расставляют точки над Хемингуэем. https://gorky.media/fragments/v-tselom-nelzya-privetstvovat-na-fone-zhizneradostnoi-stroiki-budushchego-takie-knigi

Stephanson - Kennan Correspondence An inter-generational exchange between one of the Cold War’s originating thinkers and a young Marxist scholar studying his work. Problems of American foreign policy, definitions of the national interest, the Soviet Union and the containment doctrine and the independent development of political discourse among the subjects under consideration. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii156/articles/anders-stephanson-george-kennan-stephanson-kennan-correspondence

Marco Piasentier - Politics of Evolution: Hayek’s Naturalization of Neoliberalism The article delves into Friedrich Hayek’s theory of cultural evolution as a framework for understanding his “restatement” of liberalism. Beginning in the 1950s, Hayek increasingly embraced a naturalistic perspective, leading to a conceptualization of the market in evolutionary terms. His definition of the market sharply contrasts with the one proper to laissez-faire liberalism of the nineteenth century. Unlike classical liberalism, Hayek claims that the market is “unnatural,” as it has culturally evolved in opposition to innate human traits. The article will argue that Hayek’s concept of “evolutionary rationalism” establishes a new political rationality aimed at cultivating conditions that promote the flourishing of the market order and protect it from innate human instincts. According to this political rationality, the cultural reproduction of the market order maximizes the evolutionary “progress” of the human species and must be upheld to prevent the purported decline of modern civilization attributed to political rationalities based on “primitive” behavioral traits such as “solidarity” and the pursuit of “common goals.”