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Can Democratic "We" Be Thought? The Politics of Negativity in Nihilistic Times.
- Source :
- Philosophies; Apr2024, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p52, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In this article I attempt to systematically reconstruct Theodor Adorno's account of the relationship between the processes of authoritarian subject formation and the processes of political formation of the democratic common will. Undertaking a reading that brings Adorno into dialogue with contemporary philosophical perspectives, the paper asks the question of whether it is possible to think of a "democratic We" in nihilistic times. In order to achieve this aim, I will analyze in reverse the modifications that the concept of narcissism has undergone, from Adorno's use of it to account for the symbolic obstacles to the formation of democratic subjectivities after the Holocaust, to the initial formulations of Freudian psychoanalysis. Finally, I will attempt to outline an affirmative answer to the initial question, formulating the potentials and merits of what I will call a politics of negativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NARCISSISM
PRACTICAL politics
NIHILISM
PSYCHOANALYSIS
POLITICAL philosophy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24099287
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176904286
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies9020052