Where thought belongs: An anthropological critique of the project of philosophy Export

@article{citeulike:6064597, abstract = {Adorno, Arendt, Badiou, Derrida, Heidegger and Rorty have variously called for radically new conceptions of philosophy, but none has made a case for turning from the historical and genealogical past to the anthropological present. Taking the view that thought cannot escape the impress of a thinker's immediate situation, this article invokes the phenomenological notions of lifeworld and lebensphilosophie to explore the social spaces where thought arises and transpires. Beginning with Hannah Arendt's conception of thinking as grounded in the vita activa rather than the vita contemplativa, it is suggested that ethnographic method provides a compelling way of realizing her vision of thought as inextricably political and tied to events -- expressions of the power relations between human subjects, and between private and public realms. 10.1177/1463499609346984}, author = {Jackson, Michael D.}, citeulike-article-id = {6064597}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499609346984}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ant.sagepub.com/content/9/3/235.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://ant.sagepub.com/content/9/3/235.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1463499609346984}, journal = {Anthropological Theory}, keywords = {badiou, ethnographic\_method, ethnography, event, hannah\_arendt, heidegger, judgment, philosophy, rorty, vita\_activa}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {235--251}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 21:15:16}, priority = {4}, title = {Where thought belongs: An anthropological critique of the project of philosophy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499609346984}, volume = {9}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6064597 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6064597 N2 - Adorno, Arendt, Badiou, Derrida, Heidegger and Rorty have variously called for radically new conceptions of philosophy, but none has made a case for turning from the historical and genealogical past to the anthropological present. Taking the view that thought cannot escape the impress of a thinker's immediate situation, this article invokes the phenomenological notions of lifeworld and lebensphilosophie to explore the social spaces where thought arises and transpires. Beginning with Hannah Arendt's conception of thinking as grounded in the vita activa rather than the vita contemplativa, it is suggested that ethnographic method provides a compelling way of realizing her vision of thought as inextricably political and tied to events -- expressions of the power relations between human subjects, and between private and public realms. 10.1177/1463499609346984 IS - 3 JF - Anthropological Theory EP - 251 TI - Where thought belongs: An anthropological critique of the project of philosophy VL - 9 SP - 235 KW - badiou KW - ethnographic_method KW - ethnography KW - event KW - hannah_arendt KW - heidegger KW - judgment KW - philosophy KW - rorty KW - vita_activa AU - Jackson, Michael PY - 2009/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463499609346984 ER -