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Tema rada je desni populizam, vrlo jak i raširen na cijeloj sjevernoj polutki; ovdje nas zanima naša zemlja i njoj najbliže. Najprije općenito karakteriziramo populizam, a onda razmatramo njegov odnos s najbližim mu pojavama, nacionalizmom i patriotizmom. Zanimljiv je fenomen u Hrvatskoj odsutnost snažnih jasno populističkih stranki usprkos snažnoj nacionalističkoj orijentaciji u izbornoj bazi; najjednostavnije je objašnjenje da je HDZ uspio preuzeti važne teme desnog populizma, a ipak sačuvati formu i ideologiju parlamentarne demokracije. Koliko je to rješenje stabilno vidjet će se u budućnosti. Uspon populizma promijenio je okvir političkih dilema kod nas i u svijetu; zastupnici suprotnih stajališta sada moraju ponovno promisliti pretpostavke na kojima djeluju i ponuditi nova rješenja. ; The topic of the paper is right-wing populism, strong and widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere; although the focus is on Croatia and its closest neighborhood. First, the author defines populism and then considers its relationship with its closest phenomena, nationalism, and patriotism. An interesting puzzle about Croatia is the absence of strong, clearly populist parties, despite a strong nationalist orientation in the electoral base; the simplest explanation is that the strongest party, HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) has managed to take on important topics of right-wing populism while still preserving the form and ideology of parliamentary democracy. How stable this solution is will be seen in the future. The rise of populism has changed the frame of political contestation in our country and in the world; proponents of opposing political standpoints must now rethink the assumptions of their political action and offer new solutions.

Foucault's philosophy and history of science(s) offer contradictory suggestions. His history of science is erudite, challenging, interesting, uncovering new and rich analogies between various disciplines. But his philosophy of science fosters problematic extreme anti-realism combined with elements of strong relativism. The style is rich in ambiguous, even dark pronouncements, often sounding bombastic ("end of man"). In the paper I develop the hypothesis that there are two opposing pressures coming all the way from the early structuralist model (and the structuralist tradition) which I sketch briefly. On the one hand, structuralist approach is good for suggesting organizational principles, on the other bad in excluding issues of truth, explanatory potential of theories, and even their empirical adequacy. It has proved quite poor in offering explanatory tools on meta-level. If the pressure of evidence is ,not seen as the prime mover (or at least a crucially important mover) of scientific change, and if change has nothing to do with the search for more adequate picture then the seduction of the power-model, with its political potential, becomes very strong. It is ubiquitous in continental philosophy of 20th century. I am afraid that the two components of structuralist heritage have been yielding a very mixed result: bad philosophy of science disfiguring the history of science. The interesting and challenging material from the latter is used for very dubious generalizations in the former.

Tekst razmatra Tezu o kraju filozofije, vrlo popularnu u kontinentalnoj tradiciji. Teza kaže da bi filozofi trebali napustiti tradicionalno filozofske razmišljanje i zamijeniti ga aktivnim sudjelovanjem u teoretsko-kulturalnim djelatnostima, uglavnom obilježenima oštrim političkim angažmanom. Najneočekivanji događaj u povijesti Teze bilo je stapanje dviju struja: politizirana zamisao o ukidanju filozofije povezala se s pjesničkom alternativom, a taj je novi par zadobio ogromno poštovanje u kontinentalnoj tradiciji, i tijekom se vremena više puta promijenio i preobrazio. Današnja verzija Teze naglašava sudjelovanje u politički relevantnim kulturalnoumjetničkim praksama kao konačno usmjerenje filozofije. Čini se da je taj zanimljiv put danas završio s prilično katastrofalnim posljedicama, s pozivom da se filozofiju »ukine« u nizu slabo povezanih političko-kulturalnih djelatnosti, od kojih su neke prilično efemerne. Povijesni dio teksta objašnjava kako je do tih posljedica došlo, i smješta problem u širi okvir. ; The paper explores the Continental End-of-philosophy Thesis according to which philosophers should abandon the traditional philosophical reflection in favor of participating in more concrete theoretical-cultural practices, possibly marked by strong political engagement. It offers a historical-interpretative genealogy of the Thesis. The most unpredictable development in its history came with the fusion of the two streams: the politicized idea of abolishment of philosophy became coupled with the poetic thinking line, and the newly formed couple achieved a spectacularly high status, undergoing several transformations as a sequel. The final form of the Thesis stresses the participation in politically relevant cultural-artistic practices as the ultimate destination of philosophy. The paper suggests that this interesting route has ended in a quite disastrous result, an appeal to abolish philosophy in a dispersed array of politico-cultural practices, many of which quite ephemeral. The historical part explains the result and places it in wider context. ; Le texte traite de la thèse de la fin de la philosophie, sujet très populaire dans la tradition continentale. Selon celle-ci, les philosophes devraient abandonner la pensée philosophique traditionnelle pour la remplacer par une participation active dans les activités théoriques et culturelles, notamment marquée par un engagement politique fort. Un événement qui n'a pas été prévu par l'histoire est liée au fait que cette Thèse représenterait une fusion de deux courants : l'idée politisée de l'abolition de la philosophie connectée avec une alternative poétique. Cette nouvelle création a gagné un énorme respect/écho au sein de la tradition continentale. Elle fut d'ailleurs plusieurs fois changée et transformée au cours du temps. La version actuelle de la thèse insiste sur la participation dans la pratique culturelle et artistique, de l'importance politiquement pertinente de l'orientation finale de la philosophie. Il semble que ce voyage intéressant en ait terminé aujourd'hui avec les conséquences catastrophiques, en référence à la philosophie de « l'abolir » dans une série d'activités politico-culturelles mal connectées, dont certaines sont tout à fait éphémères. La partie historique du texte explique comment ces conséquences ont été produites, et situe ainsi le problème dans un cadre plus large. ; Der Text behandelt die in der kontinentalen Tradition sehr populäre These vom Ende der Philosophie, nach der die Philosophen die traditionelle philosophische Auffassung aufgeben sollten, um sie mit der aktiven Einbindung in theoretisch-kulturelle Aktivitäten, die hauptsächlich politischer Natur sind, zu ersetzen. Das am wenigsten erwartete Ereignis in der Geschichte der These war die Vermischung zweier Strömungen: Die politisierte Idee von der Abschaffung der Philosophie verband sich mit der dichterischen Alternative. Dieses neue Paar stieß in der kontinentalen Tradition auf großen Respekt und durchlief im Laufe der Zeit stetige Veränderungen und Abwandlungen. Heutige These betont die Teilnahme an der politisch relevanten kulturgeschichtlichen Praxis als endgültige Richtung in der Philosophie. Es scheint, dass dieser interessante Weg heute relativ katastrophale Folgen nach sich zieht, mit dem Aufruf, die Philosophie in einer Reihe von politisch-kulturell schwach verbundenen Aktivitäten, von denen einige ziemlich kurzlebig sind, abzuschaffen. Der geschichtliche Teil des Textes erklärt, wie es zu diesen Folgen gekommen ist, und bettet das Problem in einen breiteren Kontext ein.