Paolo Gomarasca

The aim of this paper is to argue that the lacanian interpretation of capitalism is strictly related to the concept of «giving capitalism», developed by Kojève during a famous conference in Düsseldorf, at the invitation of Carl Schmitt in 1957. Lacan’s point is that capitalism has established itself as the empire of standardised enjoyment, where consumers of gadgets become gadgets. This reification process is hidden behind the friendly face of «giving capitalism», but ends up to manifest itself as a mechanism of aggressive control of life...

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The aim of this paper is to examine the role that Kant assigned to the imagination, in the transcendental deduction of the categories. As it is known, this role is highly controversial: some scholars are convinced that the imagination has a function which is merely ancillary and subordinated to the intellect (and to the sensibility)...

The aim of this paper is to discuss Ferry’s views on deliberative democracy. Particularly, it deals with the contentious role of religion in the public sphere of contemporary post-secular societies. How can we legitimate this inclusion? Is it possible to justify the compatibility between «religious convictions» and the so-called «public reason»?

A prima vista, il percorso dell'etica occidentale appare segnato da un'ostilità irriducibile tra logos e pathos.

L'incontro tra culture diverse caratterizza le società democratiche nell'era della globalizzazione

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