New Radical Enlightenment Philosophy for a Common World

A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF EMANCIPATION IN A COMMON WORLD

Philosophy was born out of discussion, out of the rivalry between world views. From the philosophical ferment of the Enlightenment arose the idea of emancipation, a conflictual perspective which Marina Garcés would have us rethink. New Radical Enlightenment lays out the need for critical dissent as a new beginning for the humanities in apocalyptic times. The productive dissent she envisions is established on the inclusion of multiple perspectives attending to common problems.

Our societies are faced with the urgency of combating dogmatism in all its forms. Fundamentalism, authoritarianism, and the struggle of the rich against the poor are returning. We also see dogmatic ways of dealing with science, data, and technology emerging. In the face of this, unfinished philosophy is a bid to make thought exciting once again. It is not a question of nurturing sterile theories. Today’s young people need powerful tools for a critical imagination. Leaping out of historicism, the new radical enlightenment arrives to address anew the central problems of contemporary philosophy and place them in a planetary, postcolonial, and feminist framework: a philosophy for a common world.

Marina Garces is a philosopher, activist and teacher from Barcelona. In her work, she focuses on politics and critical thinking. She expresses the need for a philosophical voice capable of challenging and commitment. She rethinks the relation of humans to the world and points out how easily humanity accepts forms of oppression instead of striving for dignity. Some of her most famous books are Filosofía inacabada, Nova illustració radical y Escuela de aprendices.

Preface
Part 1: New Radical Enlightenment
1. Our Posthumous Condition
Unsustainability
After Postmodernity
The Catastrophe of Time

2. Enlightened Radicalism
Cultural Servitude
Enlightened Illiteracy
Neutralising Criticism
Delegated Intelligence

3. Humanities in Transition

Part 2: Philosophy for a Common World
1. How Not to Philosophise
2. From Infinite Universe to Exhausted Planet
3. Philosophy Had a History
4. Doing Away with Philosophy
5. ‘Europe Is Indefensible’
6. The Places of Philosophy
7. Standardising Thought
8. To Write Is to Be Transformed
9. Learning to Think
10. University without Surrender
11. The New Alliances
12. End of the ‘Great Men’
13. Body and Thought
14. From Suspicion to Trust