“Our discipline works under a tacit presupposition of teleology .” —Reinhart Koselleck At the end of the nineteenth century, republicanism became the mythomoteur on which France’s identity was shaped throughout the following century. Back then, the
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Pablo Facundo Escalante
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2018
- Article Type:
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- 1–24 (24 total)
Kant’s Contradiction in Conception Test
A Causal-Teleological Version of the Logical Contradiction Interpretation
James Furner
teleological contradiction (TCI), a practical contradiction (PCI) or a logical contradiction (LCI). One indication that existing interpretations of the CC test need not be exhaustive, however, is that the established view of the Groundwork ’s two applications
James Furner
natural teleology known as the principle of suitability ( Horn 2006: 46 ). Thus, taking FLN as a whole, these interpretations offer a principle of suitability interpretation of FLN. As Samuel Kahn (2019: en 22) notes in reply to my articles, people now
A Ghost from the Future
The Postsocialist Myth of Capitalism and the Ideological Suspension of Postmodernity
Ridvan Peshkopia
There is a widespread tendency to see the perils of postsocialism in the revival of the ghosts and myths from the past—namely ethnocentrism, nationalism, exclusiveness, bickering, collectivist-authoritarianism, expansionist chauvinism, and victimisation. I suggest that postsocialism's perils rest with a myth from the future, namely, the myth of capitalism. Those perils, I argue, are rooted in the fetishisation of capitalism by the postsocialist societies as a reflection of their deeply ingrained teleological way of perceiving the future. Political leaders are taking advantage of this situation by putting themselves in the position of those who would lead toward such a utopia. As a consequence, individual freedoms are sacrificed at the altar of communitarian bliss. I suggest that the only hope that we have to secularise the newly re-religiosised postsocialist societies rests with intellectuals.
Beyond 'Democratic Consolidation'
An Alternative Understanding of Democratic Progress
Steven Friedman
For almost two decades, the survival prospects and authenticity of new democracies has been assessed through the democratic consolidation paradigm which seeks to assess whether democracies are 'consolidated'. But an examination of the paradigm shows that it is vague, teleological and ethnocentric and measures new democracies against an idealised understanding of Northern liberal democracies rather than offering a plausible means of assessing longevity or democratic progress. Its inadequacy is further demonstrated by applying it to the South African case. The article thus argues for a new approach which rejects the consolidation paradigm's assumption that some democracies (those of the North) are a 'finished product' and acknowledges both that all democracies are incomplete and that each will show uneven progress, so that older democracies will lag behind newer ones in some areas of democratic quality while surpassing them in others.
Realistic Idealism
An Aristotelian Alternative to Machiavellian International Relations
Pedro Alexis Tabensky
In this paper I criticize political realism in International Relations for not being realistic enough, for being unrealistically pessimistic and ultimately incoherent. For them the international arena will always be a place where a battle of wills, informed by the logic of power, is fought. I grant that it may be true that the international political domain is a place where such battles are fought, but this alleged infelicitous situation does not in and of itself entail the normative pessimism informing their assessments of the international domain, and it does not entail the recommendations offered by political realists, particularly relating to balance of power concerns. Their lack of realism stems from total or partial blindness to the proper and coherent ideals that ought to be informing their analyses of the international domain. Such blindness does not allow them properly to grasp what actually is the case. As we can only properly understand what an eye is by knowing the ideal that defines eyes — proper vision — so too we can only properly identify the movements of the international political arena in relation to ideals that ultimately define this arena, ideals that stem from a proper understanding of the human person. Following an Aristotelian teleological technique of analysis, I show that ideals are a constitutive part of the international domain and I recommend an alternative to political realism, namely, realistic idealism (or, if you prefer, idealistic realism).
The Common Good and a Teleological Conception of Rights
An Article on the African Philosophy of Rights
Sabelo Ndwandwe
A common communitarian criticism of rights discourse picks at the individualistic picture of rights which is said to presuppose a society where persons are conscious of their separateness. In contrast, an African communitarian society is said to put less emphasis on individual interests; it encourages harmony, not divergence of interests, competition, and conflict. Thus, preoccupation with rights would be incompatible with and even hostile to the possibility of community. This article argues the opposite; it submits that rights and community are mutually constitutive. To this end, I explore T. H. Green’s social recognition thesis which reconceptualises rights and obligations in a teleological framework. When conceived in this fashion, rights transcend antithetical relations between individuals and society as typified by classical natural rights thinkers. I argue that, considering a normative significance of the common good, a compelling account of rights in African philosophy is better conceived in a teleological framework.
First as Tragedy, Then as Teleology
The Politics/People Dichotomy in the Ethnography of Post-Yugoslav Nationalization
Stef Jansen
that register. These narratives involved a depoliticization of history in two ways. First, we find a radical denial of the contingency of history. Second, history is elevated above politika : these teleological narratives of national liberation
In Conflict and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 164–180 (17 total)
John Dunn
of Professional Revolutionaries Hugo Slim focuses usefully on the category of “revolutionary.” In my view, the experience of France’s tumultuous passage from 1789 to 1794 gave that category its spiritedly teleological resonance and its power to
Samuel Kahn
the CW test: the logical contradiction interpretation (LCI), the practical contradiction interpretation (PCI) and the teleological contradiction interpretation (TCI). The differences between these three interpretations can be explained by means of