Theorising extraordinary events: genealogy and reflective judgment
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| Rok publikování | 2025 |
| Druh | Další prezentace na konferencích |
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| Popis | By examining the intersections between Foucault’s genealogical approach and Nietzsche’s concept of the damaged individual, this paper contends that the sociological theorisation of the Kantian reflective judgment holds relevance in addressing events that could potentially disrupt our naive faith in historical reason. For Michel Foucault, the genealogical inquiry is about disrupting the teleological narrative about reason in history. The genealogical theoretical alternative consists of keeping up passing events’ singularity released from the passion for origins. Hence, interpretations oriented to disclosing coherence, rationality, and continuity, making historical events into elements in a configuration, are unmasked by genealogy as actualisations of the myth of descent. However, the mythologies of descent play a significant role not only in the discourse of historical understanding but also in the endlessly repeated dramas of domination, which connect singular historical events into a teleological narrative. The paper delves into the pivotal role of reflective judgments in articulating teleological and aesthetic claims with intersubjective validity about extraordinary events. It emphasises that alongside concepts of power, concepts of life and the mortal body are inescapable in making reflective judgments about historical transformations. In this line, this paper also explores how current, socially rationalised dispositifs demand the sacrifice of individual lives, for instance, in wars and road violence events. |
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