AbstractThis article briefly presents some of the main features notion "centrality work" within framework "psychodynamic" approach to work developed by Christophe Dejours. The paper argues that we should distinguish between at least four separate but related ways in which can be said central: psychologically, terms gender relations, social-politically and epistemically.Keywords: worksubjectivitypsychodynamicspoliticsgender

(2012). Hegel’s Naturalism: Mind, Nature and the Final Ends of Life. Critical Horizons: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 275-287.

In recent years, theorists have contended that we should move to a mode of social organisation where work and the values attached it are no longer central, ‘post-work society’. For these theorists, modern ideology is intrinsically unjust, even irrational suited challenges our time. The article presents an alternative response problems employment. Rather than moving ‘post-work’ society, argues transform world work, precisely by keeping in view why working important individuals community....

This article argues that Axel Honneth’s ethics of recognition offers a robust model for renewed critical theory society, provided it does not shy away from its political dimensions. First, the needs to clarify moment at conceptual level remain conceptually sustainable. requires clarification notion identity in relation three spheres recognition, and exact place politics recognition. We suggest return Hegel’s mature subjectivity helps specify relationship between normative demand autonomous...

This article aims to present a new perspective on contemporary debates about the transformations of work and employment, their impacts individuals communities, by focusing writings Christophe Dejours. Basically, attempts show that Dejours' make significant contribution social theory. might seem like an odd claim make, since main training was in psychoanalysis his activity is clinical, psychiatric study pathologies linked work. However, course career, Dejours has greatly extended this initial...

This article aims to present some of the main results contemporary French psychodynamics work. The writings Christophe Dejours constitute central references in this area. His psychoanalytical approach, which is initially concerned with impact work practices on individual health, has implications that go well beyond narrow psycho-pathological interest. most significant theoretical development have come out Dejours's research Yves Clot, whose will second reference point article. attempts...

This essay discusses four books recently published by Christophe Dejours with the aim of extracting their most significant social-theoretical and philosophical implications. The first two are contributions in current debates public policy initiatives France through application his psychodynamic approach to work-related issues (work violence; work suicide). Even though these texts shaped specific contexts which they were written, also contain broader insights that quite significant. In other...

Rancière and Contemporary Political Ontology Jean-Philippe Deranty (bio) A striking feature of Jacques Rancière's oeuvre[1] is its strong unity. The many books he has written, covering a wide array topics, make up one coherent conceptual world. This coherence stems from fundamental intuition, which all his are the sophisticated exploration, in consequences contradictions: idea that equality not an essence, value or goal, but first presupposition theory must start. simple radical axiom led to...

Abstract This paper attempts to show that an expansive normative vision can be drawn from Hegel's texts, one whose scope significantly exceeds the anthropocentric model presented in ‘objective spirit’ parts of his system. expansion normativity is linked relationality underpinning ‘concrete freedom’. In order put into sharper relief links between and normativity, late thinking Maurice Merleau-Ponty mobilized as a heuristic contrasting point. ‘subjective sections Encyclopaedia are found...

AbstractAbstractHonneth's fundamental claim that the normativity of social orders can be found nowhere but in very experience those who suffer injustice leads, I argue, to a radical theory and critique society, with potential provide an innovative movements valid alternative political liberalism.Keywords: HonnethMarxRecognitionCritiqueSocial StruggleCritical TheoryViolence