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Are we in a post-feminist era? Has the term, feminist, grown out of
its resisted stance? What from today's standpoint is an appropriate
concept of feminist philosophy? And is it not the case that all
people thinking democratically must share its central concern? In
Feminist Philosophy, internationally acclaimed philosopher Herta
Nagl-Do
What does it mean to be religious believers for people whose living
conditions are defined by an increasingly secularized environment?
Is the common distinction between faith and knowledge valid? The 21
essays cover approaches from various fields of the humanities. Some
explore post-Kantian thoughts, discussing, i.a., American
Pragmatism, M. Buber, M. Horkheimer, H. Putnam, J. Habermas, Ch.
Taylor and variants of deconstruction, while other essays focus on
ways in which the conflict between agnostics and seekers is
addressed in US literary works, as in Fl. O’Connor, W. Percy, N.
Hawthorne, J. Updike and in novels dealing with pandemics, for
instance by L. Wright, E. M. Wiseman and R. Cook. Historical
studies examine the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in
the American South and neo-scholastic objections to modernity.
Theological issues are being re-framed in essays discussing the
relevance of pluralism, the relation of religious conviction and
public opinion, the situation of scientists who believe and the
thoughts of N. Frye and M. McLuhan. Finally, essays pay attention
to religious aspects in works of art, e.g. in Ukrainian poetry, G.
Mahler’s symphonies and in a TV show presenting new “American
Gods” of globalization.
The technological innovations that have made "learning" computers
possible are being met with utopian hopes as well as apocalyptic
apprehensions. Will AI research eventually lead to software systems
that have consciousness and are capable of autonomous decision
making? The essays challenge "strong AI" from the perspective of
human agency and moral judgment, explain the categorical difference
between vulnerable humans and AI devices, and discuss diverse forms
of applied AI, such as prograns of natural language processing,
computional creativity, neuroenhancement, and the use of AI in
international healthcare. These theoretical issues are illustrated
in essays that focus on the encounter with artificial beings in
film, literature and theater. Examining science fiction that blurs
the borderline between humans and deep-learning androids, the
essays explore, and challenge, ways of questioning human
exceptionalism, for instance by visualizing non-conscious cognition
and sentience. The book suggests a sober distinction between
well-argued achievements of digital technology and excessive,
unfounded expectations.
In four powerful chapters, internationally acclaimed philosopher
Herta Nagl-Docekal not only confronts our notions of sex, art,
reason, and politics with the persistent problem of the
hierarchical relations of the sexes but redefines these stances
making them adequate perspectives for today.. Are we in a
post-feminist era? Has the term, feminist, grown out of its
resisted stance? What from today's standpoint is an appropriate
concept of feminist philosophy? And is it not the case that all
people thinking democratically must share its central concern? In
Feminist Philosophy, internationally acclaimed philosopher Herta
Nagl-Docekal discusses and critiques the theories of today. Her
study ranges across philosophical anthropology, aesthetics,
philosophy of science, the critique of reason, political theory,
and philosophy of law. Feminist Philosophy confronts the entire
field with the problem of the hierarchical relations of the sexes.
Throughout her work, Nagl-Docekal affirms the importance of
feminist thought as she presses for new approaches to common
problems.
Postmetaphysical social philosophy is characterized by a
contractualist constraint of morality. By returning to Kant and
Hegel, this volume reveals how postmetaphysical morality has masked
the duty to cultivate listening and a notion of true love that is
of relevance to modern sexual relationships. It also rethinks the
relationships between morality, law, and religion without equating
reason and secular thinking."
An often-overlooked thesis of Hegelian aesthetics is that artistic
work is a locus for society s process of self-understanding. Does
this specification of location that Hegel formulated with regard to
the art of his era still have relevance for today's
self-conceptions? What significance does his Aesthetics have for a
theory of modernity? In this volume, renowned scholars explore
these questions."
Die Geschichtsphilosophie Kants eroffnet eine limitierte
Hoffnungsperspektive, indem sie eine zumindest partielle Vermehrung
von Gerechtigkeit als moglich darlegt. Die Autorinnen und Autoren
des Bandes befragen Motive und Gedankengange Kants von
unterschiedlichen Positionen der Gegenwartsphilosophie her. Sie
thematisieren u. a. das Verhaltnis von Recht und Moral, Kants
Argumente fur den Volkerbund und seinen Begriff des Politischen,
die Unhintergehbarkeit des Fortschritts, die Frage, ob Religion
vernunftig sein kann, sowie Kants Theorie der menschlichen
Existenz."
"We translate what American women write, they never translate
our texts," wrote Helene Cixous almost two decades ago. Her
complaint about the unavailability of French feminist writing in
English has long since been rectified, but the situation for
feminist writing by German-speaking philosophers remains today what
it was then. This pioneering collection takes a giant step forward
to overcoming this handicap, revealing the full richness and
variety of feminist critique ongoing in this linguistic community.
The essays offer fresh readings of thinkers from the Enlightenment
to the present, including those often discussed by feminists
everywhere--such as Freud, Habermas, Hegel, Kant, and Rousseau--as
well as some less subjected to feminist critique such as Benjamin
and Weininger.
In their Introduction the editors provide the context for
understanding both how these essays fit into the larger picture of
developing feminist theory and what makes their contribution in
some ways distinctive.
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