现代性的运作机制:反思性唯我主义

反思性唯我主义是现代性的运作机制;现代性的一些基本现象,技术主义、资本主义、自由主义和历史主义只有根据反思性唯我主义才能得到恰当的理解;要克服现代性的困境即普遍的异化现象和虚无主义,首先要克服反思性唯我主义。     

交往行为理论视域中的康德审美理论

康德被公认为现代社会基本理念和现代性的主要缔造者。正是如此,康德受到自黑格尔至当代后现代思想家德里达、福柯等人的反思性批判。在当前现代性与后现代性对抗的场景中,对康德的理解如何才能够更具时代的合理性,本文运用哈贝马斯的交往行为理论视域来解读康德审美理论,就重建康德审美理论的当代理解做一探讨。一生活世界视域中的审美判断审美判断是康德审美理论的基本概念。在康德理论体系中,第一批判讨论的是人类认识能力,第二批判讨论的是人类实践能力,而第三批判即《判断力批判》则不仅要协调人类诸认识能力的关系,更重要的是考察认识…     

马克思共同体思想探析

马克思共同体思想,是马克思运用历史唯物主义原理,在考察人类社会特别是对资本主义社会进行深入研究的基础上形成的。马克思从人类社会发展实际和历史趋势出发,把共同体划分为"自然共同体"、"抽象的或虚幻的共同体"和"真正的共同体"三大发展阶段和历史形态。实现"真正的共同体",使每一个人获得全面而自由的发展,是马克思一生的不懈追求。马克思共同体思想体现了合规律性与合目的性、社会发展与人的发展、科学理性与价值理性的辩证统一,是习近平人类命运共同体思想的理论来源和学理基础,在当代依然具有重要的理论价值和实践意义。     

从异化劳动到实践:马克思对于现代性问题的解答——兼评哈贝马斯对马克思的劳动概念的批评

如何理解马克思哲学的性质 ,把它看作现代性的哲学还是具有后现代向度的哲学 ,这不仅是一个如何理解马克思哲学性质及其实践观的理论问题 ,而且是一个用什么样的思想指导我们的社会主义建设的重大实践问题。从理论上说 ,如果把马克思的哲学看作具有后现代向度的哲学 ,那就意味着在否定主体性和工具理性的哲学基础上考察马克思 ,就意味着马克思把现代资本主义的问题归根于由启蒙运动所倡导的主体性和理性 ,就意味着马克思倡导以否定主体性和理性来解决资本主义的矛盾。而如果把马克思的哲学看作现代性的哲学 ,那就需要把马克思的哲学放在德国…     

反思性现代性语境中的中国法制现代化

法制现代化论题始终需要置于现代性语境中予以阐释。后现代社会的形成,现代性的反思性日益凸显,构架现代性制度之维的现代法律和司法,需要因应现代性的反思性要求。反思现代性既是对理性前提预设的追问和重释,又在向世界蔓延过程中遵循实践逻辑表现为多元现代性状态。中国的法治道路既是对西方法治理念的反思,也是对自身传统的重释。在司法层面,中国法制现代化的反思性要求从方法论上入手,从具体的案件审理切入,将案件审理作为渐进式推进中国法制现代化的重要方案。     

马克思哲学的“类”概念与“人类命运共同体”

揭示"人类命运共同体"的深层思想根据,并为促进人们对于"人类命运共同体"的自觉提供思想力量,这是哲学不可回避的一个重大理论与现实课题。对"人类命运共同体"的深刻关注和思考,是马克思哲学的核心议题之一。马克思通过赋予"类"概念以全新的内涵,表达对"人类命运共同体"深切的价值关怀,为理解"人类命运共同体"奠定了重要的思想基础,并为"人类命运共同体"的生成提示了现实的道路。对此进行深入探讨,一方面将深化对"人类命运共同体"的思考,另一方面将为推动马克思哲学与当代现实生活的内在结合提供一个重要的生长点。     

马克思现代性批判的理论旨趣及其变革实质

在现代性的讨论中,马克思与现代性的关系受到不应有的忽视,即使有学者论及,也大多从“反现代性”的角度思考,把马克思的思想与对现代性的批判等同起来。然而问题在于:马克思对现代性的批判是否就意味着他是反现代性的?如果答案是否定的,那就不能离开现代性立场来简单理解马克思对现代性的批判,而应该把这种批判看作是一种对现代性的解答。本文认为,马克思对现代性的批判与现代性建构是内在统一的,这种统一实现了现代性思想的变革。一在一般意义上,说马克思对现代性采取了一种批判的立场,并由此将马克思的思想称之为现代性批判理论,通常不会…     

马克思的“个体”和“共同体”概念

个体与共同体的概念在马克思哲学和历史理论中占有重要的地位。"人格个体"(das persoenliche Individuum)与作为这种个体联合的"真正共同体"(wirkliche Gemeinschaft),构成马克思所追求的理想社会的密不可分、互为前提的两端。马克思对个体与共同体及其相互关系的认识和重建,集中反     

马克思“真正的共同体”思想的道德思考

考察马克思"真正的共同体"思想的理论来源,探讨马克思对其他形式共同体的批判,可知马克思心中所向往的"真正的共同体"是具有道德性的,是自由人的联合体。唯有在"真正的共同体"中才能满足经济时代的需求,实现个人全面而自由的发展,为个人道德、和谐社会以及人类命运共同体的构建开辟空间。     

马克思的共同体思想的主要来源和发展阶段

<正>共同体是当代社会哲学、政治哲学、法律哲学和道德哲学等研究中的一个重要概念和重要问题。近代和现代社会发展过程中,传统共同体衰落,导致依附于特定共同体的人,丧失原有的身份认同和安全感,追求新的能够获得认同和归属的共同体成为其共同理想。这个问题甚至成为现代性问题的重要组成部分。在这个背景下,马克思的共同体思想也逐渐受到人们的重视。     

Together – apart: in touch in a time of separation

This paper explores the experience of working as a Jungian analyst through the various phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic, examining the importance of the physical containing space alongside the analyst’s internal mind and how technology can both help and hinder understanding. A number of clinical vignettes illustrate the challenge of communicating over a distance, paying particular attention to the way countertransference phenomena can become re-attuned. Reference is made to mythology and symbols of hope, and consideration given to the meaning and purpose of the pandemic.     

The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution

Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.     

Phenotypic plasticity and archetype: a response to common objections to the biological theory of archetype and instinct

Since Jung’s death in 1961, scholars have attempted to integrate growing biological science data into Jungian concepts such as the collective unconscious, instincts and the archetypes. This enterprise has been challenging due to persistent false dichotomies of gene and environment occasionally arising. Recent works by Roesler (2022a, 2022b) for example, have raised objections to the biological theory of archetypes, but the objections are plagued by such dichotomies. The concept of phenotypic plasticity, however, helps to both avoid this problem as well as bridge the gap between competing theories into a more integrated model with solid biological foundations.     

When is it time to stop? When good enough becomes bad enough

This article draws on Winnicott’s concept of the good enough mother to discuss how to know whether a therapeutic situation is good enough to continue or bad enough to end. This dilemma is explored in terms of clinical syndromes, such as anorexia and pathological gambling, but focuses mainly on analyst-initiated endings, which are termed the ‘Casablanca dilemma’, based on an amplification of the ending of the film Casablanca. The author goes on to discuss such one-sided endings, drawing on interviews with 40 analysts and therapists about their clinical experience. A typology of bad enough endings is presented. The psychological differences between a good enough analysis as opposed to a bad enough one are explored through the ideas of Winnicott and Neumann.     

Kann Es Ein Argument Für Den Skeptizismus Geben? Das Epistemische Problem Der Irrtumsmöglichkeit

Summary  Is there any argument for scepticism? The epistemic problem of the possibility of error. Arguments for scepticism rest on the assumption that knowledge claims are fallible. For this reason the concept of knowledge appears to be questionable. Since it is necessary to distinguish doubts from possible doubts, the arguments for scepticism appear to be unconvincing. If we take it into account that we know something that is immune to doubt, we should draw the conclusion that, contrary to scepticism, knowledge claims have to be compatible with being fallible. Thus any knowledge claim is capable of being doubted.     

The transcendent function in Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus

In August 2020, John Beebe and Steve Myers met via Zoom to discuss their differing interpretations of psychological typology and the different sources within Jung’s writings that influenced their books: Integrity in Depth: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type (Beebe), and Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation (Myers). The discussion centred on Spitteler’s epic poem Prometheus und Epimetheus, which forms the basis of chapter V of Psychological Types. This is both the largest chapter and one of two chapters that Jung highlighted in the Argentine foreword as containing the essence of the book. Jung’s book is primarily about the transformation of personality rather than the categorization of people. Although it contains a critical psychology that deconstructs the nature of consciousness, that is only one half of the book and a stepping-stone to the other half, which is the reconciliation of opposites with particular emphasis on the relation of consciousness and the unconscious. Jung assumed that readers were already familiar with Prometheus und Epimetheus, an understanding of which sheds light on the nature of the transformation that Jung described – the development of a new attitude towards attitude itself.     

Chapter 6: Biblical Foundations for a Practical Theology of Aging

SUMMARY

This article reviews Biblical sources pertaining to the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. Founded on these sources, implications for elderly with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia are addressed through a personal perspective informed by writings of Christian mystics.     

Seeing in the Dark: A View into Dissociation and Healing

In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched’s (2013) recommendation for a “binocular stance” to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client’s unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth.