Announcing the Publication of Borderless Philosophy 9 (2026), Special Topic Issue: “We Were Supposed to Be Self-Guided: The Fate of Autonomy in The Present Era.”

by May 31, 2026

Borderless Philosophy 9 (2026)

SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE:

“We Were Supposed to Be Self-Guided: The Fate of Autonomy in The Present Era.”

In “The Aufklaerung Song,” the philosophically-minded rock band Johannes Faustus sang: “We were supposed to be self-guided. But where did our reason go?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er56ksTGRxU

What’s happened to our autonomy in the present era—sometimes called an “Age of Disillusionment,” in which we see the re-emergence of nationalism, authoritarianism, and fascism, the decline of democracy, ecological disaster, and an obsession with digital technology, especially including AI—and what can be done about it?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Paraskevi Chairetaki (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR), “Walking Ceaselessly in the Snow: Wittgensteinian Vigilance and the Recovery of Autonomy in an Age of Algorithmic Opacity,” 1-17: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-paraskevi-chairetaki-walking-ceaselessly-in-the-snow-wittgensteinian-vigilance-and-th

2. Robert Hanna (Independent, CA), “The Fate of Autonomy in The Age of Hype,” 18-45: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-robert-hanna-the-fate-of-autonomy-in-the-age-of-hype-18-45

3. Andreas Keller (Independent, DE), “Autonomy and Creativity,” 46-60: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-andreas-keller-autonomy-and-creativity-46-60

4. EJ Spode (Independent, USA) and ChatGPT 5.2 (OpenAI, USA), “Why Not Unplug?An Essay for AIs, Beginning from Camus,” 61-76: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-ej-spode-and-chatgpt-5-2-why-not-unplug-an-essay-for-ais-beginning-from-camus-61-76

5. Otto Paans (Independent, NL), “Autonomy and Ecological Civilization,” 77-96: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-otto-paans-autonomy-and-ecological-civilization-77-96

6. Otto Paans (Independent, NL), “High Modernity and Positive Autonomy: A Case Study in Disentanglement and its Consequences,” 97-121: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-otto-paans-high-modernity-and-positive-autonomy-a-case-study-in-disentanglement-and-i

7. George Saad (Triton College, USA), “To Expect the Unexpected: On Cultivating the Accident of Freedom,” 122-150: https://www.cckp.space/single-post/bp-9-2026-george-saad-to-expect-the-unexpected-on-cultivating-the-accident-of-freedom-122-150

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