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Sep 26, 2016
¿HOMO OBSOLETUS?
Sep 21, 2016
CATALAN CIVILIZATION
Culture and civilization are not the same things and so they do not always
go hand in hand. They are not synonymous terms and so – if we accept that there is no such thing as a perfect synonym-
these two words have significantly different meanings, each one rather interesting, and so we won’t confuse them.
The distinction between “culture” and “civilization” has been the subject of an extensive and complex debate dating back to at least the end of the 18th century. Indeed just when it was thought that this discussion had been forgotten it was revitalized by the controversial “clash of civilizations” theory put forward by Samuel Huntington. We will briefly note the nuances and meanings that separate them.
Traditionally the term “civilization” was reserved for collective, public, objectified, intersubjec- tive and materially observable aspects. On the other hand the word “culture” was used mainly for personal, subjective, mental or spiritual aspects which reveal personal singular character and its individual value. Hence why Immanuel Kant stated in 1784 “the idea of morality belongs to culture", whilst “customs relating to matrimonial matters and exterior decency is called “civilization ”.
Sep 18, 2016
DESOBEDIÈNCIA, RESISTÈNCIA I DISSIDÈNCIA CIVILS
Què és la “desobediència civil”?
Com distingir-la de la dissidència i/o resistència socials, ja siguin passives
o actives? Quines especificacions cal fer-ne? Quines són les reaccions
esperables per part del Poder hegemònic constituït? Vaig encarar aquestes
qüestions en un cafè filosòfic al Brasil (veure a baix) i passo a
sintetitzar-les.
Podem entendre la desobediència
civil com la negativa a acceptar lleis, reglaments o ordres que no s’accepten
com a justes, però sense que comporti un enfrontament militar (guerra,
guerrilles, atemptats, terrorisme...). La tolerància, respecte i reconeixement
per part del poder i del conjunt de la societat de l’anomenada desobediència
civil és un fenomen molt nou, inclús quan es fa de manera purament pacífica, ja
que des de sempre és perseguida amb violència –inclús mortal- per part dels
poderosos.
Sep 13, 2016
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