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

Howard Prosser - Dialectic of Enlightenment in the Anglosphere: Horkheimer and Adorno's Remnants of Freedom

This book explores the reception of Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment. It examines a variety of perspectives on the text, supplied by e.g. American critical theorists, British New Leftists, Transatlantic Cultural Studies scholars, Postmodernists, and those working in the current after-theory moment from 1970 to 2010. It considers the works of the Frankfurt School, especially Horkheimer and Adorno, alongside the secondary literature on the subject. The main focus is on how various intellectual circles and trends have responded to the Dialectic, making scholarly discussions the primary sources. While the work is a history of the Dialectic of Enlightenment’s Anglophone reception, it also reflects the post-1968 left’s retreat to academia, which echoes the Frankfurt School’s own stance of political resignation.

Adam Tooze on Germany's Far-Right AfD Party (Plus: Eric Hobsbawm)

The far right AFD's landslide victory in a small state in eastern Germany this past week is part of a broader political story unfolding across Europe. It is also and perhaps primarily an economic story.

Also on the show: British historian Eric Hobsbawm.

0:00 AfD's election results
30:12 Eric Hobsbawm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQgoV-T8wM&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D&ra=m

Летоисчисление от Страстей Христовых

Фрагмент книги Патрика Бушрона «В складках времени. Разговоры об истории»

Как человек мыслит себе историю? Современные европейцы привыкли делить ее на столетия и более крупные периоды, но не слишком ли условен такой подход? И можно ли сказать, что в прошлом человечества раз за разом воспроизводились одни и те же модели, в соответствии с которыми кочевые народы и государства поочередно уничтожали друг друга? Над этими и другими подобными вопросами предлагает задуматься французский историк Патрик Бушрон, автор книги «В складках времени». Предлагаем ознакомиться с ее фрагментом.

https://gorky.media/fragments/letoischislenie-ot-strastei-xristovyx

The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence

The Care Manifesto is the fiercely argued demand to place care at the centre of our politics. Our lives are always interdependent. It is by nurturing these ties that we cultivate a world in which every one of us can not only survive but thrive. Care must be at the heart of the state and the economy, promoting collective joy, not the satisfaction of individual desire. It should inform how we work, interact with each other, and plan our cities. It is part of how we can rebalance our relationship with the natural world.

Martin Gilens, Benjamin I. Page - Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens

Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of interest-group pluralism, Majoritarian Pluralism and Biased Pluralism offers different predictions about which sets of actors have how much influence over public policy: average citizens; economic elites; and organized interest groups, mass-based or business-oriented.

A great deal of empirical research speaks to the policy influence of one or another set of actors, but until recently it has not been possible to test these contrasting theoretical predictions against each other within a single statistical model. We report on an effort to do so, using a unique data set that includes measures of the key variables for 1,779 policy issues.

Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. The results provide substantial support for theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.