Comunicação de C. Dittgen na 5ª Conferência Anual da ISME

Charles Dittgen, mestrando da PUCRS, apresentará comunicação na 5ª Conferência Anual da International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME), de 28 a 31 de julho de 2011, no Providence College, USA. Na ocasião do evento, Charles também iniciará as conversações para a criação de uma seção da ISME no Brasil.

Reificação como prática social:  uma reinterpretação a partir de Alasdair MacIntyre

Resumo: O conceito de reificação tem uma grande importância para as correntes filosóficas que, em maior ou menor grau, são influenciadas pelo pensamento de Marx. Foi tomando este conceito marxista que Georg Lukács apresentou uma leitura do fenômeno da reificação como inerente às relações de produção capitalistas. Retomando o conceito, Honneth propõe uma abordagem a partir das relações intersubjetivas, destacando que ao invés de ser um efeito estrutural do sistema capitalista a reificação se deve às patologias da intersubjetividade que têm em sua base a luta pelo reconhecimento. Lukács e Honneth estão em oposição na medida em que o fenômeno da reificação é abordado pelo primeiro  de  forma “descritiva” e pelo último de forma “normativa”. O propósito do presente trabalho é expor a dificuldade que a ausência de um fundamento ontológico acarreta para ambas as leituras e, ao mesmo tempo, propor uma releitura descritiva e normativa do fenômeno da reificação partindo da ética das virtudes de Alasdair MacIntyre. Palavras-chave: Reificação. Prática social. Ética das virtudes.

Reification as social practice: a reinterpretation from Alasdair MacIntyre’s perspective
 

Abstract: The concept of reification is of great importance to the philosophical currents that, in greater or lesser degree, are influenced by the ideas of Marx.  Georg Lukács was taking this Marxist concept when he developed an interpretation of  the phenomenon of reification as inherent in capitalist’s relations of production. Returning to the concept, Honneth proposes an approach from interpersonal relations noting that, rather than being an structural effect of the capitalist system,  reification is due to the pathologies of intersubjectivity that have their basis in the struggle for recognition.  Lukács and Honneth are in opposition to each other to the extent that the phenomenon of reification is approached by the former in  "descriptive" and the latter in "normative" perspectives. The aim of this work is to expose the difficulty that the absence of an ontological foundation leads to both readings, and at the same time, proposing a new descriptive and normative reading of the phenomenon of reification, which is based on the virtue ethics of Alasdair MacIntyre. (key words: Reification. Social practice. Virtue Ethics.)

Novo livro sobre MacIntyre

Virtue and Politics: Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism [Paperback]

Paul Blackledge (Editor), Kelvin Knight (Editor)

Product Description

The essays in this collection explore the implications of Alasdair MacIntyre's critique of liberalism, capitalism, and the modern state, his early Marxism, and the complex influences of Marxist ideas on his thought. A central idea is that MacIntyre's political and social theory is a form of revolutionary--not reactionary--Aristotelianism. The contributors aim, in varying degrees, both to engage with the theoretical issues of MacIntyre's critique and to extend and deepen his insights.

The book features a new introductory essay by MacIntyre, "How Aristotelianism Can Become Revolutionary," and ends with an essay in which MacIntyre comments on the other authors' contributions. It also includes Kelvin Knight's 1996 essay, "Revolutionary Aristotelianism," which first challenged conservative appropriations of MacIntyre's critique of liberalism by reinterpreting his Aristotelianism through the lens of his earlier engagement with Marx.

"This is an excellent collection. Its particular strength is its sustained focus on Alasdair MacIntyre's political thought, in particular MacIntyre's complicated relation and indebtedness to Marxism. In their introduction, the co-editors say that the reception of MacIntyre within political philosophy has largely been reductive and one-sided, namely, that he is simply viewed as a conservative communitarian. In focusing on MacIntyre's radical heritage, this volume helps correct that simplistic misperception. --Keith Breen, Queen's University Belfast

About the Author

Paul Blackledge is a reader in political theory at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is the author and co-editor of a number of books, including Alasdair MacIntyre's Engagement with Marxism: Essays and Articles, 1953-1974.

Kelvin Knight is director of the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics, London Metropolitan University. He is the author of Aristotelian Philosophy: Ethics and Politics from Aristotle to MacIntyre.

Contributors: Paul Blackledge, Kelvin Knight, Alasdair MacIntyre, Tony Burns, Alex Callinicos, Sean Sayers, Niko Noponen, Emile Perreau-Saussine, Neil Davidson, Sante Maletta, Anton Leist, Peter McMylor, and Andrius Bielskis.

Mestrando do MEE publica artigo na Estudos Filosóficos (UFSJ)

O mestrando do MEE, João Caetano Linhares, publicou o artigo A importância do Conceito Funcional nas Éticas Teleológicas de Alasdair MacIntyre e Hans Jonas na revista Estudos Filosóficos (UFSJ), n.6, 2011.