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Svenska social- och kommunalhgskolan
vid Helsingfors universitet, 9.12.2009
Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule fr Politik Mnchen
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THEORY
here: Theory of society and the individual
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THEORY
here: Theory of society and the individual
Classical:
Practical Philosophy (Politics&Law and Ethics)
Moral and social philosophy, Political theory,Philosophy of Psychology
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THEORY
here: Theory of society and the individual
Developed until today:
- Economical theory
- Philosophy of Science, Labour, Medicine,
- Gender theory
- Culture theory
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CRISIS OF THEORY ?
Academical discourse:
- Post-Modernity: The Enlightenment failed
- 1989-92: Clash of Ideologies has ended
- Western Anti-Intellectualism
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CRISIS OF THEORY ?
Contemporary Common Sense:
- Anthropology of Homo Economicus
- Empiricist expert replaced the philosopher
- Private life independent from state & society
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FUNCTIONS OF THEORY
in philosophy and the sciences
- systematic, comprehensive attempts to solve
problems
- analytical tools for understanding, explaining,
and making predictions about a given subject
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FUNCTIONS OF THEORY
in society and social discourse
Classical:
Making sense of our lives and questioning the
value and meaning of things around usContemporary:
Communication of value and worldview sets,
tool to engineer society
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CURRENTS OF THEORY
World Systems Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)
Political Liberalism (John Rawls)
Econophysics (H. Eugene Stanley)
Evolutional Psychology (Cosmides/Tooby)
Marxist Historiography (Eric Hobsbawm)
Post-Feminism (Judith Butler)
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Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule fr Politik Mnchen
CURRENTS OF THEORY
World Systems Theory (Immanuel Wallerstein)
Political Liberalism (John Rawls)
Econophysics (H. Eugene Stanley)
Evolutional Psychology (Cosmides/Tooby)
Marxist Historiography (Eric Hobsbawm
Post-Feminism (Judith Butler)
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FUTURE ROLE OF THEORY ?
Old and New Cleavages:
Economic crisis, environment and natural
resources, international power relations, post-secularism and fundamentalism, industrialtransformations, social change, exclusion,identity evolution, ...
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FUTURE ROLE OF THEORY ?
Interdependency of Questions and Answers:
- Discourse needs background
- Availability = democratization of information?
- Complex systems need aedequate tools
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READING IDEASBarkow/Cosmides/Tooby, The adapted mind
1992
Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation 1985
Butler, Gender Trouble 1990
Foucalt, The History of Sexuality 1984
Hampton, Political philosophy 1997
Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes 1994
Hobsbawm, Globalisation, Democracy andTerrorism 2007
Horkheimer, Traditional and Critical Theory 1937
Horowitz, Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and theAmerican Left 2004
Horowitz, www.FrontPageMag.com 2009
Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations 1996
Kohler et al., Globalization. Critical Perspectives2003
Mantegna/Stanley, An Introduction toEconophysics 1999
Persky, Retrospectives: The Ethology of HomoEconomicus, in: The Journal of EconomicPerspectives, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1995
Popper, Conjectures and Refutations 1963
Rawls, Justice as Fairness 2001
Rawls, Political Liberalism 1996
Salih, Judith Butler 2002
Schick, Readings in the Philosophy of Science
2000
Wallerstein, The Modern World-System 1974
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME...
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Falko Blumenthal
student of Political Sciences and Political Economy at the Munich Schoolof Political Science, visiting student at SSKH 2009/10, specializing inpolitical theory & urban and industrial studies
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