MIHAI POPA Abstract Cioran, Noica, Eliade or Vulcănescu relate their discourse on history to the categories of some social ontology existing before the history itself. As well as Noica and Eliade (though both will concede to the historic reality a possible meaning retaken in philosophical knowledge), Cioran „avoids” history, not trusting its categories of dynamic, … [Read more…]
Oana Șerban Abstract: the aim of this paper is to analyse and define a certain perspective on Foucault’s pragmatism, from a methodological perspective. The working hypothesis is that Foucault’s pragmatism is based on a methodological dualism, resulted from the synergy of archaeology and genealogy as two traditions of critical inquiry, that are applied to perform … [Read more…]
Alexandru Lupușor Abstract It would not be an exaggeration to say that Georg Lukács entered the history of philosophy mostly due to his work History and Class Consciousness. According to Merleau-Ponty, Lukács’ History and Class Consciousness “was for a while the bible of what was called Western communism” (Merleau-Ponty 1973, 7). The special place … [Read more…]
Varghese Manimala Abstract The title that we have chosen may look a little odd, but what we aim at is to look for new paradigms in the understanding of secularism and spirituality. There seems to be an urgent need to understand spirituality from different angles altogether. It is not a break with … [Read more…]