In three books published at the turn of the millennium, the authors talk about the phenomenon of ... more In three books published at the turn of the millennium, the authors talk about the phenomenon of the pronounced presence and significance of the Holocaust in American society: Hilene Flanzbaum?s Americanization of the Holocaust (1999), Peter Novick?s Holocaust in American Life (1999) and Norman Finkelstein?s The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (2000). These works describe (and criticize) the post-Holocaust memorial world which is characterized by the commodification, commercialization and instrumentalization of the culture of remembrance. Even though each of these authors invoked/understood the term differently, the effect of their works was the introduction of the term ?Holocaust industry? into the public discourse. Today, it has has become an umbrella metaphor for a whole range of practices that represent the instrumentalization, commercialization and commodification of Holocaust remembrance. The paper deals with the process of (political-ec...
The paper analyzes and problematizes the self-understanding of the relationship between emancipat... more The paper analyzes and problematizes the self-understanding of the relationship between emancipation or liberation on one hand and knowledge or truth on the other. The authors point to at least an equally convincing counter-tradition of challenging the emancipatory potential of knowledge - which they present in two separate parts of the article. The first part is dedicated to historical notions of knowledge as dangerous, destructive or aggravating. If the goal is happiness, well-being or serenity, knowledge should be given up. The second part of the paper questions the assumption of emancipation as a consequence of knowledge. The basis of this connection lies in the idea of freedom, understood not as the absence of obstacles, but as a field of self-control and direction - for which only knowledge (of necessity) qualifies. This way, knowledge does not liberate by offering different choices, but spares the individuals the frustration of striving for the impossible. Eventually, postmod...
In his book Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz, Didi-Huberman indicates that... more In his book Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz, Didi-Huberman indicates that the four photographs in question were taken as a counterweight or in spite of something. They show the activities of the Sonderkommando, whose task was to escort other Jews into gas chambers, as well as to dispose and burn the corpses that were left behind. In the dual role of the victim and the perpetrator, members of this unit, in spite of the ban and the danger they were in, had created four photographs showing their own activities inside the camp. Throughout the work, different modes of being in spite of characteristic of the aforementioned photographs are separated and explained with regard to whether they relate to the need for, production or reception of photographs. They were created in spite of, but also based on, the inconceivability of the situation they portray (photographs as evidence), in spite of the prohibition of photographs (obstacle in production) and in spite of the ...
In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages o... more In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages over descriptive theories of social reality, which in the analysis of the socio-ontological status of human rights find only legally understood normativity as present in social reality, we will first (1) lay out Searle?s interpretation of human rights. In the second step, we will (2) introduce the methodical approach and basic concepts of our socio-ontological position, and explain the structure of the relationship between justice, law, morality, social institutions and collective intentionality. At the end (3) we will show how our theory of social ontology is better than Searle?s legal positivism in examining the ontological status of human rights. At the end, (3) we show in what ways such a theory of social ontology more intuitively and with wider arguments explains the ontological status of institution of human rights than Searle?s legal positivism. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of ...
In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages o... more In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages over descriptive theories of social reality, which in the analysis of the socio-ontological status of human rights find only legally understood normativity as present in social reality, we will first (1) lay out Searle?s interpretation of human rights. In the second step, we will (2) introduce the methodical approach and basic concepts of our socio-ontological position, and explain the structure of the relationship between justice, law, morality, social institutions and collective intentionality. At the end (3) we will show how our theory of social ontology is better than Searle?s legal positivism in examining the ontological status of human rights. At the end, (3) we show in what ways such a theory of social ontology more intuitively and with wider arguments explains the ontological status of institution of human rights than Searle?s legal positivism. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of ...
In three books published at the turn of the millennium, the authors talk about the phenomenon of ... more In three books published at the turn of the millennium, the authors talk about the phenomenon of the pronounced presence and significance of the Holocaust in American society: Hilene Flanzbaum?s Americanization of the Holocaust (1999), Peter Novick?s Holocaust in American Life (1999) and Norman Finkelstein?s The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (2000). These works describe (and criticize) the post-Holocaust memorial world which is characterized by the commodification, commercialization and instrumentalization of the culture of remembrance. Even though each of these authors invoked/understood the term differently, the effect of their works was the introduction of the term ?Holocaust industry? into the public discourse. Today, it has has become an umbrella metaphor for a whole range of practices that represent the instrumentalization, commercialization and commodification of Holocaust remembrance. The paper deals with the process of (political-ec...
The paper analyzes and problematizes the self-understanding of the relationship between emancipat... more The paper analyzes and problematizes the self-understanding of the relationship between emancipation or liberation on one hand and knowledge or truth on the other. The authors point to at least an equally convincing counter-tradition of challenging the emancipatory potential of knowledge - which they present in two separate parts of the article. The first part is dedicated to historical notions of knowledge as dangerous, destructive or aggravating. If the goal is happiness, well-being or serenity, knowledge should be given up. The second part of the paper questions the assumption of emancipation as a consequence of knowledge. The basis of this connection lies in the idea of freedom, understood not as the absence of obstacles, but as a field of self-control and direction - for which only knowledge (of necessity) qualifies. This way, knowledge does not liberate by offering different choices, but spares the individuals the frustration of striving for the impossible. Eventually, postmod...
In his book Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz, Didi-Huberman indicates that... more In his book Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz, Didi-Huberman indicates that the four photographs in question were taken as a counterweight or in spite of something. They show the activities of the Sonderkommando, whose task was to escort other Jews into gas chambers, as well as to dispose and burn the corpses that were left behind. In the dual role of the victim and the perpetrator, members of this unit, in spite of the ban and the danger they were in, had created four photographs showing their own activities inside the camp. Throughout the work, different modes of being in spite of characteristic of the aforementioned photographs are separated and explained with regard to whether they relate to the need for, production or reception of photographs. They were created in spite of, but also based on, the inconceivability of the situation they portray (photographs as evidence), in spite of the prohibition of photographs (obstacle in production) and in spite of the ...
In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages o... more In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages over descriptive theories of social reality, which in the analysis of the socio-ontological status of human rights find only legally understood normativity as present in social reality, we will first (1) lay out Searle?s interpretation of human rights. In the second step, we will (2) introduce the methodical approach and basic concepts of our socio-ontological position, and explain the structure of the relationship between justice, law, morality, social institutions and collective intentionality. At the end (3) we will show how our theory of social ontology is better than Searle?s legal positivism in examining the ontological status of human rights. At the end, (3) we show in what ways such a theory of social ontology more intuitively and with wider arguments explains the ontological status of institution of human rights than Searle?s legal positivism. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of ...
In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages o... more In order to show the validity of here proposed conception of social ontology and its advantages over descriptive theories of social reality, which in the analysis of the socio-ontological status of human rights find only legally understood normativity as present in social reality, we will first (1) lay out Searle?s interpretation of human rights. In the second step, we will (2) introduce the methodical approach and basic concepts of our socio-ontological position, and explain the structure of the relationship between justice, law, morality, social institutions and collective intentionality. At the end (3) we will show how our theory of social ontology is better than Searle?s legal positivism in examining the ontological status of human rights. At the end, (3) we show in what ways such a theory of social ontology more intuitively and with wider arguments explains the ontological status of institution of human rights than Searle?s legal positivism. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of ...
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