Interview with German social theorist Alex Demirović. – Andrius Bielskis: Let me start with your reasons for choosing to study philosophy. What prompted you to study it and how did you become interested in Marxism and/or Critical Theory? You did your first degree in Philosophy, Sociology and German Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe… Read More: Interview with Alex Demirović »
Interview with British philosopher Keith Ansell-Pearson. – Andrius Bielskis: Let me start from a slightly ‘personal’ question: what prompted you to study philosophy? What were the reasons why you chose philosophy as your major? Who were your philosophy teachers that influenced your philosophical thinking and taste the most? What was it like to study… Read More: Interview with Keith Ansell-Pearson »
Interview with Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. – Andrius Bielskis: Since part of this short book deals with philosophy as a meaningful human activity (or what I tentatively call a ‘structure of meaning’), I would like for you to elaborate on the reasons that prompted you to study philosophy. Your first degree was in Classics… Read More: Interview with Alasdair MacIntyre »
Straipsnyje iš fenomenologinės perspektyvos apžvelgiama kalbos pertekliaus krizė, ištikusi šiuolaikinę visuomenę. Dabartinė kalba jau nebėra betarpiškas saitas, kuris jungia žmogaus protą ir bekalbių daiktų pasaulį. Šių dienų postmodernistinė kalba, kurios pagrindą sudaro paskalos, skandalai, gandai, įvairiausio plauko „nuomonės“, buitinio lygio plepalai ir kitos spekuliacijos, nereprezentuoja jokios realybės, esančios už iliuzinės žodžio teritorijos. Šiuolaikinis žmogus iš… Read More: Word & Simulacra »
Prieš metus Lietuvoje lankėsi Vladimiras Maliavinas, žinomas kinų tekstų vertėjas ir didžiulės Rytų kultūrinės plotmės individų mąstysenos tyrėjas. Tąkart jis kalbėjosi bei diskutavo ir su „Aplinkkeliais“ – apie filosofiją, skirtumus tarp Rytų ir Vakarų, Rusiją ir gyvenimą, kuris, nepaisant nieko lieka toks pats didis ir nuostabus. Užsimezgęs dialogas pasisuko link platesnio bendradarbiavimo, kurio rezultatas ir yra… Read More: Du V. V. Maliavino tekstai »
Modern Chinese philosophy was doomed from the start to be essentially two-faced. It has always been defining itself simultaneously by its relation to the Western thought and the native Chinese legacy. When trying to assess the nature of this interaction we come across some specific problems which until now have been scarcely noticed. For appropriation… Read More: Philosophy as Cultural Style: The Case of Xiong Shili »
The paper deals with the activity and philosophical premises of Alexander Shevtsov’s so called “The Academy of Self-Knowledge” (Academia Samopoznania) based in the countryside near the city of Ivanovo. It is a unique institution of its kind whose goal is to transmit and disseminate the legacy of some local folklore traditions, mostly the tradition of… Read More: Folklore Traditions Modernized: A. Shevtsov’s Academy of Self-Knowledge »