Naslov
Towards politically sanctimonious forms of fatalism

Autori
Krce-Ivančić, Matko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Critical Misanthropy Conference

Mjesto i datum
Amsterdam, Nizozemska, 25.01.2023. - 27.01.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Academia ; Anxiety ; Fatalism ; Misanthropy ; Pessimism ; Subject

Sažetak
In her work on the discursive constitution of the subject, Butler highlighted that she will steer clear of those perspectives where the insight that agency is implicated in subordination is considered to be “the sign of a fatal self-contradiction at the core of the subject”. Such an understanding, according to Butler, “characterizes politically sanctimonious forms of fatalism” and, therefore, does not merit any further analysis. This paper claims that no perspective on subjectivation should be dismissed purely on the basis of promising a fatalist outcome and puts forward the following question: does recognising a fatal self- contradiction at the core of the subject necessarily lead towards politically sanctimonious forms of fatalism? I also make it apparent that contemporary academia forecloses the states that mark our existence – for example, despair, suffering or anxiety – but are not necessarily tied to a particular event. If, as Ahmed argues, “anxiety is sticky: rather like Velcro”, then we could say that today’s academia is non-stick: rather like Teflon. Grant application forms require us to make our interests finite and manageable, thus enforcing the imperative of progress via research. One is advised not to engage with the sticky states that are constitutive of our existence as this might be perceived as flirting with misanthropy. Parting ways with the ideology of the Enlightenment, this paper emphasises a productive side of what is widely portrayed as a sanctimonious and pessimist perspective on our being.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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