Filozofija in politika realnega

In: Filozofski vestnik: FV, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 41-53

Abstract

This essay attempts a rethematization of the relationship between philosophy & politics in the perspective opened up by A. Badiou's conception of philosophy. According to this conception, politics constitutes one of the four conditions of philosophy. The essay starts by clarifying why politics taken as a condition of philosophy is not to be confused with the political conditioning of philosophy. Rather, what is at issue here is an "intraphilosophical" condition of philosophy that forces it to conceive of politics as the real from which philosophy itself receives its condition. Special attention is paid to the issue of the politicization of philosophy. Politicization is conceived here in terms of the following alternative: either politics is always already determined through a given philosophical notion, or, on the contrary, it is politics itself that determines the philosophical concept. The way out of this impasse is elaborated in terms of Kantian reflective judgment. Adapted from the source document.