“Guanzini puts neoliberalism on the analyst’s couch and forces it to confront its own insanity.”

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“Guanzini puts neoliberalism on the analyst’s couch and forces it to confront its own insanity.”
This paper was first delivered at the 2020 Annual Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Conference. As conceived in a liberal framework, the subject is primarily rational (or at least rational enough) and thus, capable of self-legislating in accordance with a deontological imperative. To some extent, this implies sovereignty, albeit one guarded by conventional strictures that prevent unproductive […]
The full PDF version with extensive footnote documentation of Kant’s arguments can be found here. Introduction Kant’s racism has received much attention in recent years. In opposition to the traditional response, which regards his racism as philosophically insignificant, some scholars argue it poses serious philosophical problems. Yet still others acknowledge an “early racism,” but claim […]
Oedipal Disease A plague has befallen the city. It is the nature of any sickness to reveal what lies hidden under one’s body. For through its symptoms the sickness manifests what has remained invisible, hidden inside the body—or, to be precise, because it is hidden by the body. It is the sick body that allows […]
The following is the first installment of a two-part series. The second installment can be found here. This article was recently presented at the international meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung (German Society for Phenomenological Research) in Vienna. The conference theme was “Fact, Facticity, and Reality”, or how philosophy can understand new media culture. […]