This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We dis...This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.展开更多
What is peculiar about Hans Jonas’concept of God after Auschwitz?How is it distinguishable from that of the proponents of process philosophy?By way of analysis and valuation,this article argues that Jonas’contributi...What is peculiar about Hans Jonas’concept of God after Auschwitz?How is it distinguishable from that of the proponents of process philosophy?By way of analysis and valuation,this article argues that Jonas’contribution on the silence of God at Auschwitz proposes a unique solution to the question of theodicy which excludes the atheism and relativism often characteristic of modern philosophical speculation on the subject.At the same time,his concept of God remains compatible with humankind’s existential experience of suffering.In the face of evil,Jonas charges man with the responsibility of“preserving life”,a theme that is central to his thought.展开更多
In an era of great scientific strides and unprecedented technological progress,there is a gradual,yet consistent demystification of the once before mythological realities of the universe.Humanity’s ingenuity and ease...In an era of great scientific strides and unprecedented technological progress,there is a gradual,yet consistent demystification of the once before mythological realities of the universe.Humanity’s ingenuity and ease to manipulate the forces and powers of nature to achieve desired practical ends is quite fascinating.This move has been fathered by some“philosophical”trends.The ultimate result is the arrogance of techno-science to explain all of reality,thus denying value of genuine philosophy.In this paper we argue that science and its technological progress are not equipped to provide answers to fundamental and real human problems.Therefore,far from being opposed to each other,genuine philosophy and techno-science should play area complementary role in ensuring humanity’s qualitative presence in the world.展开更多
文摘This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.
文摘What is peculiar about Hans Jonas’concept of God after Auschwitz?How is it distinguishable from that of the proponents of process philosophy?By way of analysis and valuation,this article argues that Jonas’contribution on the silence of God at Auschwitz proposes a unique solution to the question of theodicy which excludes the atheism and relativism often characteristic of modern philosophical speculation on the subject.At the same time,his concept of God remains compatible with humankind’s existential experience of suffering.In the face of evil,Jonas charges man with the responsibility of“preserving life”,a theme that is central to his thought.
文摘In an era of great scientific strides and unprecedented technological progress,there is a gradual,yet consistent demystification of the once before mythological realities of the universe.Humanity’s ingenuity and ease to manipulate the forces and powers of nature to achieve desired practical ends is quite fascinating.This move has been fathered by some“philosophical”trends.The ultimate result is the arrogance of techno-science to explain all of reality,thus denying value of genuine philosophy.In this paper we argue that science and its technological progress are not equipped to provide answers to fundamental and real human problems.Therefore,far from being opposed to each other,genuine philosophy and techno-science should play area complementary role in ensuring humanity’s qualitative presence in the world.
