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Subjectivity and Immanence: Kant's Reception in Adorno's "Negative Dialectics"
Rekhviashvili, Guram ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (advisor) ; Hartung, Gerald (referee)
Subjectivity and Immanence: Kant's Reception in Adorno's "Negative Dialectics" - Guram Rekhviashvili Abstract The aim of this Master's thesis is to elaborate Kant's central position in Adorno's late dialectical project around the subject principle of the justification of objectivity and the thing-in-itself problem and, accordingly, to clearly situate Kant's role in the book Negative Dialectics. Rather than following the constellation of receptions in the models of the book that explicitly refer to Kant's themes (the models: freedom and metaphysics), my project aims to question Adorno's methodology of conceptualisation, which identifies the constellation processes as relating to the motifs of the Critique of Pure Reason. This leads to two central conclusions: The subjectivity of constellations as a communicative relational logic of concepts and non-conceptual disputes is methodologically grounded by the Kantian motifs of the concept of critique as hermeneutically valid, i.e. the concrete results and organisations of constellations are based in their developmental dynamics on the negative review process of representation. In other words, for Adorno, the conceptual principle of representation in the dialectical tradition is thoroughly shaped by Kant's questions of subjectivity. Secondly, the main task of the...
Dezentrierung: Experiment over critical theory of individuals
Pucciarelli, Daniel ; Tengelyi, Laszlo (advisor) ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (referee)
Mémoire de Master: "Dezentrierung: Versuch über die Kritische Theorie des Subjekts" Étudiant: Daniel Pucciarelli (4ème Promotion) Erasmus Mundus Europhilosophie ABSTRACT: The following investigation deals with the theory of subjectivity elaborated by Theodor W. Adorno throughout his philosophical career. This theory tries to construct a philosophical alternative to the notion of "object-constituting subjectivity", which remains since Kant predominant at least in Germany. This investigation analyses this theory mainly concerning its possibilities for the foundation of a renewed concept of philosophical materialism.
Capacity of Rancière's Political Subject, a Critical Review
Pao, Tsz-Ching ; Sibertin-Blanc, Guillaume (advisor) ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (referee)
This work seeks to examine the problematic notion of political competence in modern democratic system. In principle, everyone has the right to politics. However, in order to fulfil the role of political actor, one must meet certain specific criteria. Hence, concerning the subject of politics, it exists a fundamental paradox: it is universal and discriminative at the same time. The project of Rancière could be seen as an attempt to set out the abovementioned contradiction and to make it "productive". He considers the "sans-part" as the subject of politics, arguing that only the "sans-part" could reasonably reveal and thus correct the original wrong of democracy, a wrong done by setting up the social order at the cost of the exclusion of certain people. By means of a putting forwards a disagreement the sans-part show the inequality of the current division of common (partage du commun) and demand a fair redistribution. However, as the sans-part is usually trapped in an unfavourable position, it is not self-evident that the sans-part is able to confront the dominator and to make them admit the wrong they did. Rancière attempts to resolve the aforementioned tension by articulating another form of political competence: the aesthetic ability that everyone has. In this work, this proposal by Rancière will...
The violence of law and the problem of justice in Benjamin and Derrida
Kenç, Serdar ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (advisor) ; Trawny, Peter (referee)
The aim of the present study is to reveal the problematic relation between violence, law and justice by the thought of Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida. Following the argument that violence is inherent to the law and power, we discuss the problematic situation of justice. In this context, while Benjamin finds the "possibility" of the justice beyond the sphere of the law and power, Derrida shows us how the justice is an experience of impossibility doing deconstruction of the law. We conclude that justice cannot be reduced to the violence and to the limits of the political-juridical system. Keywords : violence, law, justice, destruction, Walter Benjamin, déconstruction, Jacques Derrida, political theology.
Demise in Perception. Walter Benjamin's dialectics of the Persona
Nolz, Philipp ; Goddard, Jean-Christophe (advisor) ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (referee)
Title: Demise in Perception Walter Benjamin's dialectic of the Persona Abstract: The present study understands itself as a contribution to the concept of the person in the work of Walter Benjamin, accenting this term in his earlier writings until 1928. The person or persona, rarely noted in current research, thereby appears to be a key concept of a dialectic philosophy of history, which not only meets the requirements of collecting the singularities in history, but manages to mediate them with and through their transindividual totality. Such a reading takes the task seriously to read Walter Benjamin through the philosophy of Benjamin and, by doing so, creates new possible alliances with some contemporary philosophical works (e.g. Gilles Deleuze). Keywords: Walter Benjamin ; philosophy of history ; theory of the subject ; Frankfurt school ;
The undissolvable color. On Adorno's disclosing critique.
Stoel, Hendrik Lambert ; Goddard, Jean-Christophe (advisor) ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (referee)
The undissolvable colour - On Adorno's disclosing critique Abstract For a long time, the hermeneutical tradition and that of Critical Theory have been considered as antithetical. In the work of Theodor W. Adorno, a key representative of Critical Theory, both traditions coincide. The central thesis of this essay is that the meaning of 'critique' for Adorno can only be fully grasped if it is at the same time understood as an interpretation of social reality. This essay attempts to demonstrate that his critique is fundamentally a disclosing critique. In the light of this thesis, several aspects of Adorno's critique are examined and several problems delineated. Key words: Adorno, critique, interpretation, Critical Theory, praxis.
Abolition of the World. Philosophical Exercise with the Example of George Orwell: 1984. Confrontation with Arendt, Foucault and Derrida
Sugaya, Yu ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (advisor) ; Schnell, Alexander (referee)
In this thesis I make a triple comparison of George Orwell's novel 1984: triple i. e. mainly with three philosophical works: Vita activa. oder Vom tätigen Leben. (The Human Condition) of Hannah Arendt, Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison. (Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison) of Michel Foucault und De la grammatologie (Of Grammatology) of Jacques Derrida. In what a set-up the power realizes itself, will be analyzed. Key words: English literature, Power, Discipline, Control, Bio-politics
Thoughts on Intuition: Flowing as Starting Point of Philosophy
Pilz, Sebastian ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (referee)
Philosophy always had the stigma to be distance from life. In this thesis, "Thoughts on Intuition: Flowing as starting point of philosophy", the attempt will be performed to talk about what seems to be very vague in the first consideration but will be transformed after an investigation into en 'event' and methodological necessity, if the philosophy should be dressed in the wrinkled robe of life: the intuition. It leads to the inner core of being as a method of cognition, which could not be reached by terms in an analysis mat-ter. Terms are not representing being in its full manner and themselves are even less living than they should be to handle with life. Terms are fixed constructs, in which hu-mans translate the data of the senses and which will be transformed into something that has some utility for human means. We emphasis in this thesis to put philosophy back at the side of life and to get insights which has ever been made by art: intuitive cognitions. For sure there will be a critical opposition to the results, but by showing which perfor-mance and capacity intuition has, we'll try to refuse these voices. It is most important for philosophy itself being alive. We will achieve this aim, if we open it for methods which are coming closer to life than dead building consisting of terms, which are...
Modern Capitalism and the "Negro Future of the World" in Achille Mbembe's work
Koudoglo, Agbeko Yao ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (advisor) ; Goddard, Jean-Christophe (referee)
OF THE MASTER THESIS : Keywords: Capitalism, black slave trade, slavery, negro, racism, plantation, work, profit, surplus value, becoming a negro of the world, Achille Mbembe. In the face of the resurgence of debates linked to the Black question and the changes in capitalism over time, it seems essential to analyse the intrinsic link between the development of capitalism and the slave trade. Our paper therefore explores, without exhausting it, the problem of the future of humanity in the face of the mutations of capitalism. It is certainly true that slavery is an old phenomenon, but the slave trade was an unprecedented event in the history of humanity. However, the extraction of the human body for capitalist purposes did not stop with the abolition of slavery. The slavery, exploitation and dehumanisation that are still widely practised are the result of the liberalism that has shaped our present in our way of being in the world. This is why the concept of "becoming a Negro of the world" helps us to understand that the figure of the plantation Negro is actualised in every person. The social grasp of the individual in a global way is better able to account for neo-liberalism, its planetaryisation of markets and the trend towards globalisation of the negro condition.
A world for peace, from Montessori to Nyerere: the power of education
Njanji Boulleys, Pierre Stephane ; Klass, Tobias Nikolaus (advisor) ; Goddard, Jean-Christophe (referee)
NJANJI BOULLEYS Pierre Stephane pierrestephanenjanji@yahoo.fr Master Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophie - Philosophie allemande et française : enjeux contemporains SUBJECT OF THESIS : A world for peace, from Montessori to Nyerere: the power of education. Summary The thesis deals with the issue of peace, how to achieve and maintain peace in a world where conflict takes its toll. The two authors chosen have a similar approach in terms of form, in that both believe that education is the means par excellence for achieving peace. However, while Montessori emphasized the education of children, Nyerere Julius encouraged him to educate adults.

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