Showing papers in "Thesis Eleven in 2021"
TL;DR: Unlike the first generation of critical theorists, contemporary critical theory has largely ignored technology as discussed by the authors, and this is to the detriment of a critical theory of society, as technology is now a centra...
Abstract: Unlike the first generation of critical theorists, contemporary critical theory has largely ignored technology. This is to the detriment of a critical theory of society – technology is now a centra...
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TL;DR: The rise of populist politics in the 21st century calls scholars and politicians alike to reflect upon the question of how politics and democracy have been understood as mentioned in this paper, drawing on the theory of hegemony.
Abstract: Rise of populist politics in the 21s century calls scholars and politicians alike to reflect upon the question of how politics and democracy have been understood Drawing on the theory of hegemony,
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TL;DR: In political theory, Republicanism is an approach within political theory that seeks to secure the values of political liberty and non-domination as mentioned in this paper. Yet, in historical practice, early modern republics developed empires a...
Abstract: Republicanism is an approach within political theory that seeks to secure the values of political liberty and non-domination. Yet, in historical practice, early modern republics developed empires a...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the complex relationship between Lefort and the Durkheimian French s... and question the nature of the socio-anthropological approach in Leforts thought.
Abstract: The aim of this article is to question the nature of the socio-anthropological approach in Lefort’s thought. The author explores the complex relationship between Lefort and the Durkheimian French s...
9 citations
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TL;DR: Panic buying of toilet rolls in Australia began in early March 2020. This was related to the realisation that the novel coronavirus was spreading across the country as discussed by the authors. To the general population the i...
Abstract: Panic buying of toilet rolls in Australia began in early March 2020. This was related to the realisation that the novel coronavirus was spreading across the country. To the general population the i...
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue instead that Benjamin has a quasi-Marxist theory of communist society, and that it has been used in some quarters to claim that Benjamin is a "quasi-classical" writer.
Abstract: What does ‘communism’ mean in Walter Benjamin’s writing? It has been used in some quarters to claim that Benjamin has a quasi-Marxist theory of communist society. This paper will argue instead that...
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TL;DR: In this post-truth era, power appears singularly uninterested in knowledge, even as the... as mentioned in this paper argues that knowledge and power should be combined, under the influence of Michel Foucault.
Abstract: Not long ago, under the influence of Michel Foucault, one spoke of the conjunction of knowledge and power, but in this post-truth era power appears singularly uninterested in knowledge, even as the...
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TL;DR: The authors examines how Gilles Deleuze addresses, and fails to address, the darker strata in Nietzsche's work which has enabled his work to be claimed by almost every far-right European political party.
Abstract: This paper examines how Gilles Deleuze addresses, and fail to address, the darker strata in Nietzsche’s work which has enabled his work to be claimed by almost every far-right European political mo
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TL;DR: Despite appearing side by side as keynote speakers at a congress in 1962 devoted to the question of progress, Lowith and Adorno's accounts of progress have never been linked as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Despite appearing side by side as keynote speakers at a congress in 1962 devoted to the question of progress, Lowith’s and Adorno’s accounts of progress have never been linked. This paper is an att...
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TL;DR: The view that we live in the Anthropocene is increasingly gaining currency across scientific disciplines as discussed by the authors, and this is said to require a paradigm shift in analysis and theory for sociological research.
Abstract: The view that we live in the Anthropocene is increasingly gaining currency across scientific disciplines. Especially in sociology this is said to require a paradigm shift in analysis and theory for...
TL;DR: This paper provided an intellectual history for the cultural turn that transformed the human sciences in the mid-20th century and led to the creation of cultural sociology in the late 20th century.
Abstract: This essay provides an intellectual history for the cultural turn that transformed the human sciences in the mid-20th century and led to the creation of cultural sociology in the late 20th century....
TL;DR: A 21st-century growth in prevalence of extreme right-wing nationalism and social conservatism in Australia, Europe, and America, in certain respects belies the positive impacts of online, new, and...
Abstract: A 21st-century growth in prevalence of extreme right-wing nationalism and social conservatism in Australia, Europe, and America, in certain respects belies the positive impacts of online, new, and ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address two great global challenges of the 2020s: the accelerating climate crisis and the deepening crisis of representation within liberal democracies, and propose an approach to address them.
Abstract: This article addresses two great global challenges of the 2020s. On one hand, the accelerating climate crisis and, on the other, the deepening crisis of representation within liberal democracies. A...
TL;DR: Then UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's attendance at a Passover Seder organised by the radical leftist group, Jewdas, led to a brief but vitriolic controversy involving Anglo-Je...
Abstract: Then UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s attendance at a Passover Seder organised by the radical leftist group, Jewdas, in April 2018, led to a brief but vitriolic controversy involving Anglo-Je...
TL;DR: Frankfurt School critical theory is perhaps the most significant theory of society to have developed directly from a research programme focused on the critique of political authoritarianism as discussed by the authors, as it is the most relevant theory to our work.
Abstract: Frankfurt School critical theory is perhaps the most significant theory of society to have developed directly from a research programme focused on the critique of political authoritarianism, as it ...
TL;DR: This paper argued that a critical encounter with pre-modern literatures from the national past is long overdue under the impact of a globalized discourse of sexuality and its effects are already felt.
Abstract: The article argues that a critical encounter with pre-modern literatures from the national past is long overdue under the impact of a globalized discourse of sexuality Its effects are already felt
TL;DR: The ongoing project to issue the Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, which will make all of her writings available in English translation, provides a critical lens to re-evaluate aspects of Luxemburg as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The ongoing project to issue the Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, which will make all of her writings available in English translation, provides a critical lens to re-evaluate aspects of Luxemburg...
TL;DR: This paper argued that the thought figure of world literature has been under incalculable strain from its inception, given the diversity of linguistic and cultural contexts within which it must be considered.
Abstract: This essay argues that the ‘thought figure’ of world literature has been under incalculable strain from its inception, given the diversity of linguistic and cultural contexts within which it must b...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a debate between Hans Kelsen and Otto Bauer concerning the nature and relative autonomy of the state, and the theories that informed the political practices of the two men.
Abstract: This serves as an introduction to a debate between Hans Kelsen and Otto Bauer concerning the nature and relative autonomy of the state, and the theories that informed the political practices of the...
TL;DR: Postcolonial criticism has repeatedly debunked the ostensible neutrality of the world literature of world literature by pointing out that and how the contemporary world, whether conceived in terms of cosmo....
Abstract: Postcolonial criticism has repeatedly debunked the ostensible neutrality of the ‘world’ of world literature by pointing out that and how the contemporary world – whether conceived in terms of cosmo...
TL;DR: The impact of the Holocaust on the descendants of survivors and the ways in which they embrace, embody and memorialise their family histories is the subject of as mentioned in this paper, which explores interg...
Abstract: The impact of the Holocaust on the descendants of survivors and the ways in which they embrace, embody and memorialise their family histories is the subject of this paper. The paper explores interg...
TL;DR: The authors argue that the Alt-Right needs to be taken seriously by the liberal establishment, the general public, and leftist cultural elites for five main reasons: 1) its "right-wing Gramsci...
Abstract: In this paper, I argue that the Alt-Right needs to be taken seriously by the liberal establishment, the general public, and leftist cultural elites for five main reasons: 1) its ‘right-wing Gramsci...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the return of the people should not be defined as a return to the old order, and instead be defined by a new set of principles.
Abstract: This paper engages with radical democratic theory in light of the so-called ‘return of the people’ taking place in contemporary political discourse. I argue that the return of the people should not...
TL;DR: The authors resituates translation as the cornerstone of comparative literature, drawing upon the insights of Rabindranath Tagore, who coined the term viswasahitya to express his own understanding of the comparative literature.
Abstract: Drawing upon the insights of Rabindranath Tagore, who coined the term viswasahitya to express his own understanding of comparative literature, this essay resituates translation as the cornerstone f...
TL;DR: Coetzee has achieved the status of international author within dominant conceptions of world literature as discussed by the authors, and his works circulate widely in both English and translation and have been translated into many languages.
Abstract: J.M. Coetzee has unquestionably achieved the status of ‘international author’ within dominant conceptions of world literature: his works circulate widely in both English and translation and have be...
TL;DR: In this article, the ideas of modern language and translation and challenges the imperialist and nationalistic mode of worlding with the notion of "untranslatability" that is e...
Abstract: This paper theorizes and historicizes the ideas of modern language and translation and challenges the imperialist and nationalistic mode of worlding with the notion of ‘untranslatability’ that is e...
TL;DR: In this article, an ongoing elucidation of the being of human as creation ex nihilo is provided, taking inspiration from the vast breadth of Castoriadis' oeuvre.
Abstract: Taking inspiration from the vast breadth of Castoriadis’ oeuvre, this article provides an ongoing elucidation of the being of human as creation ex nihilo. It does so by engaging with Castoriadis’ r...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the postcolonial condition in the Indian subcontinent, with a broadly overarching emphasis on how English is a "usurper lang" language.
Abstract: Discursive history of the English language has been vital to analysing ‘the postcolonial condition’ in the Indian subcontinent, with a broadly overarching emphasis on how English is a ‘usurper lang