Previous Installments in This Series #1: Introduction: The Disappearance of Authenticity, The Appearance of Estrangement II. Modes of Perception, Modes of Existence Against the background of alienation, the media of photography and early cinema developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The acceleration of the world, so clearly discernible in Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, … [continue reading]
Category: Not An Edgy Essay
Five Theses About Real Philosophy, #2.
The first installment in this series is HERE. I. Introduction Some time ago, one of APP’s readers asked how real philosophy as we define and practice it (two activities that are inextricably connected) is supposed to be different from other types of philosophy, and whether all philosophy that is not real philosophy should be regarded … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #6–Speculative Naturalism, the Radical Enlightenment and Ecological Civilization.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the sixth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #4–Apprehension.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the fourth and final installment. But you can read or download a .pdf … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #5–Reconfiguring the History of Philosophy After Kant.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fifth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #3–Transformation.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the third installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #4–Nihilism, Castoriadis, & The Radical Enlightenment.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the fourth … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #2–Postlude.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the second installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]
The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?, #3–The Two Cultures and the Triumph of Scientism.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Arran Gare’s “The Ultimate Crisis of Civilization: Why Turn to Philosophy?,” appearing here in serial form, originally appeared as ch. 1 of his recent book, The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A Manifesto for the Future (London/New York: Routledge, 2017), and is reproduced by permission. This is the third … [continue reading]
Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World, #1–Introduction.
APP EDITORS’ NOTE: The essay below, Otto Paans’s “Echoes of the Future: Apprehensive Aesthetics for a Bygone World,” will appear here in serial form, and then be published in full, in a slightly revised version, in Borderless Philosophy 3 (2020). This is the first installment. But you can read or download a .pdf of the … [continue reading]