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ISSN (Print) 1212-9097
Published by Masaryk University

[11 journals]

The The Political Philosophy of Environmental Loss and Power
- Authors: Břetislav Horyna
  Pages: 1 - 14
  Abstract: The word Anthropocene, referring to a new era of humanity’s uncontrolled exercise of power over the Earth as a geophysical unit, could be translated using a cognitive metaphor as “the Age of Loss”. We have gained such power that we are unable to adjust or even fully track its manifestations. The relation between loss and power is continuous in all the basic areas of materialization of socio-political concepts: in politics, in economics, in law and the judiciary, in legislation, environmental protection, etc. The philosophy of loss and power is inseparable from economic concerns. The entirety of Western civilization is built on the economic calculus of profit and loss, whose results are directly transformed into decisions of power made by the administrative, political, ownership and power-broking elites. The environmental and climate crisis is therefore also a crisis of privilege of one group over others. The question for politics is which political means can one use to achieve a state of uncorrupted voluntary depriviligization. This level of prosperity will itself be the subject of environmental self-limitation, being presented as “loss”. It will be posed as a political problem with the intention of depoliticizing the subject and inequality of civilizations; precisely in accordance with the posed political problem of democracy, which has already uncovered the basic connection: liberalism won’t make a poor country rich.
  PubDate: 2022-12-28
  DOI: 10.5817/pf22-2-30953
  Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2022)
Quantum Theory and Bergson’s Subjectivist Conception of Time: Is It
Possible to Reconcile Duration and Quantum Time'
- Authors: Karolína Zapalačová
  Pages: 15 - 25
  Abstract: In 1922, Albert Einstein rejected Bergson’s concept of time. He even declared that Bergson’s duration did not exist, something that Bergson never quite came to terms with. On the other hand, some of Bergson’s reflections indicated that in a certain respect he was close to the spirit of modern physics, especially quantum theory. The author, therefore, asks whether it is possible to equate Bergson’s duration with the quantum space-time continuum and thus rehabilitate Bergson’s concept. The first part of the article, in addition to the definition of duration, focuses on the connection of the subject, time, and matter in Bergson, which represents one of the points of contact with quantum theory. The second part describes the role of the subject in quantum theory. The third part presents the definition of the mentioned space-time continuum. The final section compares the two concepts and answers the research question.
  PubDate: 2022-12-28
  DOI: 10.5817/pf22-2-28200
  Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2022)
Julius Evola, The Metaphysics of War
- Authors: Henrich Fačkovec
  Pages: 26 - 29
  Abstract: Book review: Julies Evola, Metafyzika války. Sol Noctis, 2021, 176 p.
  PubDate: 2022-12-28
  DOI: 10.5817/pf22-2-30884
  Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2022)
Christian Conte, Walking Through Anger
- Authors: Serhiy Kish
  Pages: 30 - 31
  Abstract: Book review: Christian Conte, Walking Through Anger: A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charged World. Sounds True, 2019, 232 p.
  PubDate: 2022-12-28
  DOI: 10.5817/pf22-2-33001
  Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2022)
Lisa Giombini, Adrián Kvokačka (eds.), Everydayness.
Contemporary Aesthetic Approaches
- Authors: Adam Vrchlabský
  Pages: 32 - 34
  Abstract: Book review: Lisa Giombini, Adrián Kvokačka (eds.), Everydayness. Contemporary Aesthetic Approaches. Roma Tre-Press, 2022, 287 s.
  PubDate: 2022-12-28
  DOI: 10.5817/pf22-2-32974
  Issue No: Vol. 23, No. 2 (2022)