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Husserl and the Problem of Epistemological Relativism
In a now famous article, “Moral Argument and Liberal Toleration: Abortion and Homosexuality,” an article which has been reprinted in revised versions...
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Trial and Crisis: Blumenberg and Husserl on the Genesis and Meaning of Modern Science
The first part of the chapter traces the vicissitudes of curiositas in the labyrinthine third part of Blumenberg’s The Legitimacy of the Modern Age,...
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Ancient and Modern Approaches to the Problem of Relativism A Study of Husserl, Locke, and Plato
Relativism, or the claim that it is possible that the appearances and opinions of each of us are correct for each of us, and hence that any view is...
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Conclusion
Let us conclude by considering Socrates’ critique of Protagoras’ supposition in the context of our overall study. We recall first that...
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Introduction
In the introduction to a recent book on relativism, its authors, after reminding us that “relativism is an ancient philosophical doctrine, which made...
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Crisis and Critique: Receptions of Herbert Marcuse in Telos and Al Fekr Al Mo’āṣer
The late 1960s revealed a deep crisis in advanced industrial societies as well as a rigorous critique of both orthodox Marxism and advanced...
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The Symbolic Dimension of the Social
The third chapter delves into Lefort’s interpretation of Marx, which is conducted through the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. During the...
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Studying Policy Entrepreneurs: How Phenomenology can Help Researchers
The idea of policy entrepreneurs continues to gain traction in public policy studies. Yet, scholarly attention seems to ignore the “why” PEs adopt...
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Theoretische Bezüge
Für die theoretische Rahmung der Studie steht an, unterschiedliche Theoriestränge zu verweben. Zuerst wird Bourdieus praxeologische Herangehensweise...
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Kultivieren: Mentale Spielräume
Begründet wird weder ein „Trickle-Down-Transfer“ (von dem Fachlichen in die Lebenswelt) noch ein „Trickle-Up-Transfer“ (aus der Lebenswelt), sondern...
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The ‘Open Society’ and Attitudes to Transnational Migration: A Process Sociological Approach to Liberal Democratic Anxieties
This chapter contrasts two approaches to social ontology that are relevant for discussions in normative international political theory about how...
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After Decolonization: Transcending the Ontological Singularity of Grand Theories
The dominant neorealistNeorealist interpretation of the stagist evolutionStagist evolution of the long dureeLong duree of internationalInternational...
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Locke and the Challenge of the Biblical God
This chapter will fall into two main parts. In the first and longer part, sections I through IV, we will map out, by means of a close reading of The...
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Was Engels a Dialectical Materialist?
Engels did not call his philosophical position “dialectical materialism”. He preferred the term “materialist dialectic”, pointing out that he and...
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Introduction
This introductory chapter highlights an attempt to break away from the most popular interpretations of Lefort’s work. Through the phenomenological...
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Introduction
The biographical and intellectual history of Theodor W. Adorno, like that of many other German thinkers of his generation, is deeply marked by the...
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Phenomenology as Methodology for Narrating Gender Perceptions on “Linguistic Violence” as Domestic Violence
Reality may be deemed as a subjective construct especially if one considers the role of context as a means of situating and defining experiences. The...
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Discretionality and Disarticulation in the Venezuelan Public Administration
This paper, which is the result of an investigation that began in 2003, focuses on public administration in Venezuela from a broader...
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Interrogating Modernity Debates with Hans Blumenberg
Interrogating Modernity returns to Hans Blumenberg's epochal The Legitimacy of the Modern Age as a springboard to interrogate questions of modernity,...
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What is the Meaning of ‘Negative Dialectics’?
This chapter is devoted to an analysis of the main theoretical issues explored in Adorno’s Negative Dialectics. In particular, it examines the way in...