Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'

Although for a long time, Dutch academic philosophy was characterized by a pluralism of – imported – philosophical frameworks and paradigms, in more recent decades, a type of ‘normal philosophy’, in the Kuhnian sense, has become dominant which aims to solve ethical and political problems and dilemma...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:434a4fc35ea0477e838fb5693f05da6d2021-12-02T17:09:53ZVeertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'1875-710310.21827/krisis.40.1.36964https://doaj.org/article/434a4fc35ea0477e838fb5693f05da6d2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://krisis.eu/article/view/36964https://doaj.org/toc/1875-7103Although for a long time, Dutch academic philosophy was characterized by a pluralism of – imported – philosophical frameworks and paradigms, in more recent decades, a type of ‘normal philosophy’, in the Kuhnian sense, has become dominant which aims to solve ethical and political problems and dilemmas through rational-normative argumentation. Contrary to what is often claimed, the new 'normal philosophy' amounts not to thinking ‘beyond the analytic-continental divide’ in a fruitful synthesis, but to the subsumption of continental philosophical themes and concepts under the analytic tradition. The potentially critical tenor of continental philosophy threatens to be ‘solved’ by this subsumption. ‘Normal philosophy’, with its emphasis on rational-normative argumentation, risks leading to a state philosophy that fits in with existing policy questions, ignoring systemic and structural power inequalities. I argue that the journal Krisis, in keeping with its original principles, should hang on to critical philosophical reflection, which today is needed more than ever, specifically – pace current right-wing and left-wing populist attacks on identity politics – on systemic, multiple forms of deprivation and oppression.Karen VintgesUniversity of Groningen Pressarticlenormal philosophycritical philosophyidentity politicsright- and lift-wing populismthe journal krisis(history of) philosophy in the netherlandsSocial SciencesHPolitical science (General)JA1-92Philosophy (General)B1-5802ENNLKrisis, Vol 40, Iss 1, Pp 9-25 (2020)
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topic normal philosophy
critical philosophy
identity politics
right- and lift-wing populism
the journal krisis
(history of) philosophy in the netherlands
Social Sciences
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Political science (General)
JA1-92
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
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critical philosophy
identity politics
right- and lift-wing populism
the journal krisis
(history of) philosophy in the netherlands
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Political science (General)
JA1-92
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Karen Vintges
Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
description Although for a long time, Dutch academic philosophy was characterized by a pluralism of – imported – philosophical frameworks and paradigms, in more recent decades, a type of ‘normal philosophy’, in the Kuhnian sense, has become dominant which aims to solve ethical and political problems and dilemmas through rational-normative argumentation. Contrary to what is often claimed, the new 'normal philosophy' amounts not to thinking ‘beyond the analytic-continental divide’ in a fruitful synthesis, but to the subsumption of continental philosophical themes and concepts under the analytic tradition. The potentially critical tenor of continental philosophy threatens to be ‘solved’ by this subsumption. ‘Normal philosophy’, with its emphasis on rational-normative argumentation, risks leading to a state philosophy that fits in with existing policy questions, ignoring systemic and structural power inequalities. I argue that the journal Krisis, in keeping with its original principles, should hang on to critical philosophical reflection, which today is needed more than ever, specifically – pace current right-wing and left-wing populist attacks on identity politics – on systemic, multiple forms of deprivation and oppression.
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author Karen Vintges
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title Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
title_short Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
title_full Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
title_fullStr Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
title_full_unstemmed Veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in Nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
title_sort veertig jaar universitaire filosofie in nederland: van pluralisme naar 'normal philosophy'
publisher University of Groningen Press
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