LORIN GHIMAN Abstract There is a peculiar figure of thought (and speech) that Kracauer, Adorno and Benjamin seemed to like and share. Working on related topics concerning the status of the arts, they all toyed with the idea of a “go-for-broke” game, a “va-banque Spiel”. The first occurrence of the expression can arguably be found … [Read more…]
KNUT OVE ARNTZEN Abstract This article raises the question of atuthenticity in the arts with regard to artistic strategies, playing with simulacrum and the interaction between authenticity and fake. Examples are taken from art projects, ritual events and theatrical productions. AnnalsUnibuc-2018-67-01Arntzen
PATRÍCIA CALVÁRIO Abstract The corporeal experience of the divine in the corporeal vision of the deifying light (theourgon phos) is a main subject in the philosophical system of Palamas. He states that the experience of the divine culminates in the vision of light, following several ascetic practices like the psycho-physic method and the exercitation of … [Read more…]
RALUCA ILEANA OANCEA Abstract In the age of the Anthropocene we have to face problems such as the precarious quality of life or the impact of pollution and global warming on Earth’s climate and all life forms, asking ourselves how artistic practice or Social & Human Sciences are able to deal with them. Is art … [Read more…]
SEBASTIAN PAVALACHE AnnalsUnibuc-2018-67-01Pavalache
ŞTEFAN-SEBASTIAN MAFTEI Abstract The focus of the paper is to review an early episode from the modern history of the politics and the arts: the XVIIIth century French reception of the debate on the role of luxury and the arts and sciences in “free” states, as it unfolds in two of David Hume’s essays: Of … [Read more…]
TAKUYA NIIKAWA Abstract There are three views on the relation between moral status and consciousness: the sentientist, the existentialist, and the fundamentalist views. The sentientist view focuses on the fact that an entity becomes sentient by virtue of being conscious. The existentialist view emphasizes the sense in which an entity becomes irreplaceable by having consciousness. … [Read more…]