being-in-the-world

Interview. (Post)Modern Aesthetics on Trial: Revisiting a Century of Avant-Gardes

Aleš Erjavec, Oana Șerban   Abstract   This interview is inspired the most important working-hypothesis presented in the volume Aesthetic Revolutions and the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements, edited by Aleš Erjavec, that questions the legitimacy of the distinction between aesthetic and artistic avant-gardes, supported by the relationship of each concept with the modern revolutionary politics. The … [Read more…]

Feel (Unfree) to Know (Yourself). Early Modern versus 20th Century Approach

Gábor Boros Abstract This paper will tackle, first, the history of the “original stance” in the history of European philosophy, in which feelings had to be subordinated to reason-based knowledge. Afterwards I will have a first look at 20th century phenomenology and neuro-sciences in order to show the apparition and prevalence of the new stance … [Read more…]