Original scientific paper

On Progressive Alternative: Unger versus Žižek

Lenart Škof orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-3550 ; University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities in Koper, Department of Philosophy, Koper, Slovenia

Abstract

In the paper we discuss the question of the future of democracy within some current projects of the emancipatory politics. We first critically approach Žižek’s and Badiou’s well-known revitalization of the idea of communism and link their projects to the burning issues of inequalities in the world system. Following this approach we elaborate on R.M. Unger’s recent book The Self Awakened and both defend his version of radicalized pragmatism and enlarge some of his uses of pragmatism (divinization, awakening of the self) to wider politico-ethical contexts.

Keywords

pragmatism; democracy; emancipatory politics; Slavoj Žižek; Alain Badiou; Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Hrčak ID:

58391

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/58391

Publication date:

2.8.2010.

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