A Marxist Philosophy of Language
In: Capital & class, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 162-166
ISSN: 2041-0980
In: Capital & class, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 162-166
ISSN: 2041-0980
In: Journal of European studies, Band 50, Heft 1, S. 17-29
ISSN: 1740-2379
This article outlines the philosophy of language of the vitalist philosopher Ludwig Klages, as it can be found in his late work Language as the Source of Psychology ( Die Sprache als Quell der Seelenkunde). First published in 1948, this treatise is full of examples of how everyday usage of words should give us pause for thought – underlining the link between philosophy and life that is inherent to the project of vitalism or Lebensphilosophie. In line with the remit for submissions to this issue of the Journal of European Studies intended to mark 50 years since its inception, the article reflects the interest of its contributor (translation studies and the history of ideas), forms part of a larger project to retrieve the thought of a largely forgotten thinker, and showcases a work that occupies a key position in the history of twentieth-century thought and has been seminal to the contributor's own development. For ultimately Klages's philosophy of language illustrates the truth of Goethe's maxim, 'the point of life is life itself'.
In: European journal of political theory: EJPT, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 427-452
ISSN: 1474-8851
In: European journal of political theory: EJPT, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 427-452
ISSN: 1741-2730
Habermas does not rule out the possibility of violence in language. In fact his account explicitly licenses a broad conception of violence as 'systematically distorted communication'. Yet he does rule out the possibility that language simultaneously imposes as it discloses. That is, his argument precludes the possibility of recognizing that there is an antinomy at the heart of language and philosophical reason. This occlusion of the simultaneously world-disclosing and world-imposing character of language feeds and sustains Habermas's legal and political arguments, where he states that in order to achieve consensus rational deliberation must eliminate force. In this paper, I claim that this argument operates through a manoeuvre that leaves Habermas's position curiously blind to its own predicament. To explain why, I turn to Kant's treatment of the problem of evil in Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. Here, as in the Western philosophical tradition more generally, evil has no separate existence: it is folded back into Kant's philosophical scheme. Arendt notes that as soon as Kant identifies the problem of evil he rationalizes it into comprehensible motives. I will show how, through a move that is structurally similar to Kant's rationalization of evil, Habermas rationalizes and attempts to eliminate violence from his consideration of law and language. In Habermas's work, law and language appear as ciphers for reason. The case to be made here is that Habermas's inability to recognize the paradoxical character of language and reason makes his work blind to the violence in which it is unavoidably implicated.
In: Nineteenth century prose, Band 30, Heft 1-2, S. 369-387
ISSN: 1052-0406
In: Studies in Soviet thought: a review, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 1-21
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Band 178, Heft 1, S. 17-31
ISSN: 1461-7455, 0725-5136
This article elucidates Márkus' new Marxist philosophy of language based on his critique of the paradigm of language represented by Popper, Wittgenstein, Lévi-Strauss, and Gadamer. His critique suggests that instrumental rationality, pure reason, alienated reason, and objective and idealistic rationality of the paradigm of language are elements that should be overcome. From his critical perspective, value rationality, practical reason, personal reason, and historical materialism are advocated instead. He not only critically develops the philosophy of language but also adds new levels of meaning to Marxism.
In: History of European ideas, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 201-220
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: Historical materialism: research in critical marxist theory, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 63-84
ISSN: 1465-4466
Argues that productive Marxist engagements with the philosophy of language during the 1920s-1930s were more common than generally believed & that they continued well into the Stalinist period. Three factors that determined the direction of Soviet work on language were: (1) the condition of language studies at the time of the Revolution & the influence of both Western scholarship & the Moscow Linguistic School; (2) utilitarian tasks of linguists during the Revolution, such as spreading literacy to the masses; & 3) the impact of Marxism on linguists. Nikolai Marr's (1865-1934) so-called "new doctrine on language" is examined, along with post-revolution institutions that included important figures who studied language from a Marxist perspective; & features of "Marrism" that influenced the work of Leningrad linguists. Other issues discussed include debates over the formation of a unified (trans-class) national language; the sociolinguistics of capitalist development & its conceptualized transformation by the proletariat; & the impact on Leningrad linguists of the Cultural Revolution's regressive tendencies. J. Lindroth
In: Capital & class: CC, Heft 94, S. 162-166
ISSN: 0309-8168
In: Historical materialism: research in critical marxist theory, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 63-84
ISSN: 1569-206X
In: Critical review: a journal of politics and society, Band 3, Heft 3-4, S. 568-578
ISSN: 1933-8007
In: Intercultural communication, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 1-10
ISSN: 1404-1634
Problems of communication in intercultural dialogue typically arise when the communicators understand concepts of meaning and identity in strikingly different ways. This article employs influential assumptions in modern philosophy of language to discuss fundamental aspects of these problems. Drawing on a distinction between beliefs and values, it is argued that intercultural communication typically fails when communicators have different values and do not acknowledge that culturally shaped values are different from beliefs and thoughts. Within a hermeneutical approach to understanding, it is explained how an understanding of the nature of values can help secure successful intercultural communication. Cases of cultural conflict are used to clarify this and other practical implications of the philosophical analyses that are developed.
In: Virginia Law Review, Band 101, Heft 4
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In: Izvestija Saratovskogo universiteta: Izvestiya of Saratov University. Serija filosofija, psichologija, pedagogika = Philosophy, psychology, pedagogy, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 51-55
ISSN: 2542-1948
The article focuses on the analysis of the poetic word of A. Tarkovsky. The coincidence of the poetic intuition of A. Tarkovsky and linguistically-philosophical framework of Russian philosophers is shown. The kinship of Russian metaphysical poetry and Russian philosophy based on the Christian ontology testifies to the common spiritual development of national culture.