Against the backdrop of the topic of smell, the research monograph analyzes the irreducible remainder of universality as a result of the constitution of the classical theory of truth. By formulating a critique of the latter, the book attempts to construct a theory of truth adequate to the logic of the remainder. The monograph confronts the homophony (in Slovene) between »Duh« (Spirit) and »duh« (smell) in the context of 1) the Spirit/smell of philosophy, 2) the Spirit/smell of capitalism, 3) the Spirit/smell of ideology, and 4) the Spirit/smell of time.
COBISS.SI-ID: 287930112
The research article examines the shift in the functioning of contemporary ideological practices. It focuses primarily on the distinction between, on the one hand, the traditional notion of ideology and, on the other, the contemporary ideological pattern. Against this backdrop, the research article proposes a reinterpretation of the classical psychoanalytical (as well as Marxian) formula of fetishism by developing the concepts of "fetishism without the fetish" and "commodity fetishism without the commodity."
COBISS.SI-ID: 56312162
Against the backdrop of the problem of a conception of materialist dialectic, the research article analyses the logic and the dialectic of anti- Semitism. It analyses various forms of negativity, as implied in classical, intuitionistic, and paraconsistent logic, as well as the possibility of relating them to the forms of negativity as conceived by Lacanian psychoanalysis. The article attempts to demonstrate how these modes of negativity form the matrix of the Hegelian dialectical movement, relying on an objectal remainder as the embodiment of the gap of tautology.
COBISS.SI-ID: 59557474
In line with the aim of this issue of Filozofski vestnik, which proposes to rethink the importance of Kantian philosophy for contemporary debates on the concepts of the subject and the object, I will attempt to develop the consequences of one of Kant's “conceptual monster”, namely that of transcendental reflection. Initially, I will follow Kant’s line of thought, which – however – will immanently lead to a certain theoretical deadlock, or “contradiction,” which in turn will open up the possibility of a passage from (Kantian) reflection to (Hegelian-Lacanian) speculation, and thus also to a notion of the subject that is at odds with Kant’s argument but comes to light the moment we push the argument to the extreme of its consequences.
COBISS.SI-ID: 39418669
The research article proposes a Lacanian reading of the thesis according to which Marx's general formula of capital introduces the principle of repetition. It focuses primarily on the structural tie between repetition and the surplusobject, conceived by Marx under the notion of surplus value. By way of producing a series of formalizations, the research article analyzes the structural role of the undialecticized surplus (remainder) in capitalism discourse, as well as the formal dependency of the sphere of consumption on the logic of capital circulation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 56094562