Critique of Forms of Life

Jaeggi, Rahel

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“…Drawing on both the analytical and continental traditions, the German philosopher develops a thorough theoretical framework that aims to supersede essentialist interpretations of alienation by a robust recasting of the concept in relational terms. Conducting such a conceptual renovation opens new perspectives for critical theory: it confers on alienation a pivotal role in the production of an ‘immanent critique of forms of life’ (Jaeggi, 2016, 2018) that does not need to appeal to ultimate ethical values. Building on an in-depth analysis of four empirical cases that each shed light on specific facets of alienation, 5 Jaeggi concludes that if ‘self-alienation is also alienation in and from the social world [a hypothesis she defends], then the problem, understood as a disturbed relation to self and world, can be solved only in, not beyond, the world of social practices’ (2014, p. 217).…”

Section: Social Alienation In Contemporary Capitalist Societiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alienation and the task of geo-social critique

Choquet

2020

European Journal of Social Theory

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In this article, I argue that the concept of alienation should be mobilized to develop a ‘geo-social’ critique of the generic forms of life that sustain contemporary capitalist societies, in a time when the stability of the Earth system is increasingly at risk. I contend that retrieving the full heuristic potential of the concept demands engaging the fields where it has been traditionally discussed (notably social philosophy and environmental philosophy) to demonstrate how their insights on alienation can be fruitfully combined. By putting greater emphasis on how society and nature are mutually embedded, this new approach to alienation highlights the anthropocentrism that critical theory has long conveyed and indicates how it could be at least partially corrected.

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Section: Social Alienation In Contemporary Capitalist Societiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alienation and the task of geo-social critique

Choquet

2020

European Journal of Social Theory

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“…5 Habermas's (1987) theory of communicative action represents an attempt to reconcile Marxist social critique with a pragmatist concern for social life as experienced by participants in social practices. The younger generation of Frankfurt School theorists have followed Habermas's lead in this respect (e.g., Joas 1996;Jaeggi 2019). Yet, for the latter authors bridging the divide between critical and pragmatist theory begins with acknowledging it.…”

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How can we criticize international practices?

Schindler¹,

Wille²

2019

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In this article, we elaborate two distinct ways of criticizing international practices: social critique and pragmatic critique. Our argument is that these two forms of critique are systematically opposed to each other: They are based on opposing epistemic premises, they are motivated by opposing political concerns, and they pursue opposing visions of social progress. Scholars of International Relations (IR) who want to work with the conceptual tools of practice theory are thus confronted with a consequential choice. Understanding the alternatives can help them to be more self-reflexive in their research practices and intervene more forcefully in contemporary political debates. We illustrate these advantages through a discussion of the scholarly debate on the practices of multilateral diplomacy through which the United Nations Security Council authorized a military intervention in Libya in 2011.

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“…Данная статья рассматривает возможность критически оценивать инвестиционное гражданство даже в предельно толерантном креативном обществе. Любая форма жизни поддается аргументированной критике [4], а ее оценка может быть обоснована либо опровергнута в той мере, в какой форма жизни претендует на валидность, заявляет свое право на существование в нормативном поле общественной жизни.…”

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The ethical dilemma of citizenship by investment

Мацевич-Духан

2021

Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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The article reveals socio-philosophical basis for judging the phenomenon of the citizenship by investment in the creative society from the ethical perspective. Different ways of assessing the development of forms and content of the citizenship by investment as social and moral progress or regress are demonstrated. The paradoxical nature of the creative class choice between a sound possibility to invest into the beneficial citizenship and a necessity of its limitation from the moral point of European community view, expressed in public space and the EU official political discourse, is explicated.

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Critique of Forms of Life

Cited by 130 publications

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Alienation and the task of geo-social critique

Alienation and the task of geo-social critique

How can we criticize international practices?

The ethical dilemma of citizenship by investment

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