Widok Summaries in English

(1)

ER

(

R

)

GO

(2)

(3)

139 $JDWD%LHOLN5REVRQ

Homo Anxius. Modernity, or the Exodus from Fear

7DNLQJWKHDQWKURSRORJLFDOFRQYLFWLRQWKDWIHDUFRQVWLWXWHVWKHXOWLPDWHKXPDQTXDOLW\ DVLWVSRLQWRIGHSDUWXUHWKHDUWLFOHRIIHUVDFULWLFDODQDO\VLVRIWKHQRWLRQLQTXHVWLRQDQGVXJ-JHVWVSKLORVRSKLFDOZD\VRIRYHUFRPLQJLWVSDUDO\]LQJSRWHQWLDO'UDZLQJIURPVXFKWKLQNHUV DV+HUGHU0DU[)UHXG%HQMDPLQDQG'HOHX]HWKHSDSHU¿UVWLQWURGXFHVDVHPLKLVWRULFDO DFFRXQWRIIHDURQO\WRQRWLFHWKDWDWWKHGDZQRI0RGHUQLW\LWEHFRPHVVLJQL¿FDQWO\UHGH-¿QHGQRORQJHUVHHQLQWHUPVRIGLYLQHZDUQLQJWKHIHDUQRZ±IROORZLQJ)UHXG±UHIHUUHG WRDV$QJVWHYROYHVLQWRDQH[LVWHQWLDOFRQGLWLRQWKHWDPLQJRIZKLFKLVRQO\SRVVLEOHE\OR-FDWLQJWKHVXEMHFWLQWKHQHWZRUNRIFXOWXUDOLQVWLWXWLRQV7KLVUHORFDWLRQKRZHYHULVIXUWKHU FRPSOLFDWHGE\DQHZGLFKRWRP\RISKLORVRSKLFDOSHUVSHFWLYHVMXVWDVIRUWKHFRQVHUYDWLYH WUDGLWLRQDQJVWLVXQGHUVWRRGLQWHUPVRIKHUPHQHXWLFODFNRIPHDQLQJDQGSODFHLQWKHFKDLQ RIH[LVWHQFHIURPWKH0DU[LVW)UHXGLDQVWDQGSRLQWLWLVFRQVLGHUHGDVDQHQHUJHWLFVXUSOXV DQGH[FHVVRIOLYHWUDQVFHQGLQJDOOV\VWHPDWLFFORVXUHV

To m asz Kalaga

Terror and Dread: The Signiﬁcance of “The Unfamiliar”

in the Ontology of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time

7KHDUWLFOHLVGHGLFDWHGWRWKHFRQFHSWRIIHDUFurchtDVPRGHRIDWWXQHPHQWLQ0DUWLQ +HLGHJJHU¶VRQWRORJLFDODQDO\VLVDVSUHVHQWHGLQBeing and Time8QOLNHWKHPXFKGLVFXVVHG DQ[LHW\AngstIHDUIRUPRVWRIWKHWLPHUHPDLQVDPDUJLQDOFRQFHSWLQ+HLGHJJHULDQVWXG-LHV7KHDUWLFOHIRFXVHVVSHFL¿FDOO\RQIHDUDQGWKHWKUHHJUDGHGIRUPVWKDWLWPD\DVVXPH DODUPGUHDGWHUURUZKLFKDUHGHSHQGHQWXSRQWKHDFWXDOFDXVHIRUIHDU7KHGLVFXVVLRQ WXUQVWRWKHSRVVLEOHFDXVHVGLVWLQJXLVKLQJDIXQGDPHQWDOSRODUGLYLVLRQLQWRWKHUHFRJQL]DEOH DQGWKHXQIDPLOLDU7KHXQIDPLOLDULVWKHQEURXJKWLQWRSUR[LPLW\ZLWKDUHODWHGFRQFHSWWKDW RIWKHXQFDQQ\DQGERWKDUHDQDO\]HGLQWHUPVRIWKHH[LVWHQWLDOIRUHVWUXFWXUHRIXQGHUVWDQG-LQJZLWKWKHLQWHQWLRQRIGHPRQVWUDWLQJWKHSRVVLEOHFRQVHTXHQFHVRIWKHXQIDPLOLDUXSRQ Dasein¶VEHLQJLQWKHZRUOG

6ïDZR PLU0DVïRñ

Thy Neighbour as Thy Double: Fear as Social Link

%\VKRZLQJWKDWERWKFRQWHPSRUDU\PRGHOVRIWKHSXUVXLWRIDXWKHQWLFLW\³EH\RXUVHOI´ RU³FUHDWH\RXUVHOI´௘KDYHWRSURGXFHWKHHYLOREMHFWHYRNLQJDQ[LHW\WKHZD\5RPDQWLFLVP FRQFHLYHGLWLQWKH¿JXUHRIWKHGRXEOHWKHSDSHUDWWHPSWVWRWUDFHLQ³ÀRDWLQJ´IHDUWKHRULJLQ RIWKHFRQWHPSRUDU\VRFLDOOLQNDQGVKRZWKDWERWKWKHGUHDGRIWKHRWKHUDQGWKHUHVSHFW IRUWKHRWKHUDUHWZRVLGHVRIWKHVDPHQDUFLVVLVWLFFRLQWKDWLVWZRZD\VRIDFFRPPRGDWLQJ WKHDQ[LHW\UHVXOWLQJIURPWKHFRQWHPSRUDU\VXSHUHJRLQMXQFWLRQWRHQMR\PHQW,WSURSRVHV WKDWWKHRQO\ZD\WRRYHUFRPHWKLVLPSDVVHZRXOGEHWRUHFRJQL]HWKDWERWKWKHIHDUIXOWHU-URULVWDQGWKHSLWLIXOYLFWLPLPDJHVDUHLQIDFWLPDJHVRIRXUVHOYHVDQGWKHUHIRUHWRDVVXPH WKHPDVRXURZQ

(4)

0DFLH M1RZDN

Führer and his Island of Fears.

Utopia as a Deadly Danger “which never comes”

7KHHVVD\ORRNVDWZKDWLWFDOOVDQXWRSLDQLPDJLQDWLRQDVDXQLYHUVDOSV\FKRORJLFDO DVZHOODVSROLWLFDOIDQWDV\ZKLFKKDVDOZD\VKHOSHGPDQDQGPDQNLQGWRNHHSWKHLUPLQG DZD\IURPIHDUDQGDQ[LHW\7KHDXWKRUDVVXPHVWKDWDQ[LHW\DQGWKHIHDURI2WKHUV³ZHNQRZ QRWRI´WRSOD\XSRQD6KDNHVSHDUHDQQRWHDUHLQKHUHQWWRKXPDQQDWXUHLIRQO\IRUUHD-VRQVNQRZQWRDOOUHDGHUVRI)UHXG2QHRIWKHZD\VLQZKLFK³FLYLOLVDWLRQ´KHOSVLQGLYLGXDO VXEMHFWVWRGHDOZLWKIHDULVWKDWLWNHHSVRQXSGDWLQJXWRSLDQVFKHPHV³RQRIIHU´ZKLFK XVXDOO\FRPHVDVDYLVLRQDU\WH[WDXWKRUHGE\DFKDULVPDWLFGUHDPHUDSURPLQHQWZULWHU RIKLVDJHRUDFührerDWHUPUHDG)UHXGZLVHRIDJURXSDFROOHFWLYHERG\DZKROHQDWLRQ 7KHUHDUHIDLUO\³VDIH´XWRSLDQRUQHDUXWRSLDQQDUUDWLYHVZKRVHFKDUDFWHULVFOHDUO\¿FWL-WLRXVIRUH[DPSOHWKHFODVVLFXWRSLDVRI3ODWR7KRPDV0RUH)UDQFLV%DFRQ6KDNHVSHDUH %XWWKHUHDUHWUXO\SHULORXVYLVLRQVRI³QRSODFHV´ZKLFKLQWKHLUWLPHPDGHDWUHPHQGRXV LPSDFWRQPLQGVRIPXOWLWXGHVDQGVHHPWRKDYHYHU\VHULRXVO\PHVVHGZLWK³UHDO´KLVWRU\ $PRQJWKHQRWRULRXVXWRSLDVZH¿QG$GROI+LWOHU¶VYLVLRQRISRVW1D]L*HUPDQ\RIFRXUVH EXWDOVRRQHVSURSHUWRWKHTXLWHDXWKRUOHVVLGHRORJLFDODSSHDOVRIWKHstFHQWXU\

$OLQD0LWHN']LH P ED

The Decline of Experience? Pastoral Fears of (Neo)Pragmatism

7KHDUWLFOHDLPVDWGHVFULELQJDQGDQDO\]LQJVRPHRIWKHFRQWHPSRUDU\GLOHPPDV RI$PHULFDQQHRSUDJPDWLVWSKLORVRSK\,WZRXOGDSSHDUWKDW5LFKDUG5RUW\¶VFRQFOXVLRQV FRQFHUQLQJWKHFRQFHSWXDOIUDPHZRUNRIZRUOGGHVFULSWLRQDVURRWHGVROHO\LQWKHPXOWLSOLF-LW\RIFRQWLQJHQWSDUDGLJPVRIYRFDEXODULHVIRUFHVLQWRWKHEDFNJURXQGDQLPSRUWDQWDVSHFW RIWKHSUHFHGLQJSUDJPDWLVWWUDGLWLRQWKHVHQVRU\H[SHULHQFH8VLQJWKHH[DPSOHRIWZRSURPL-QHQWODQGVFDSHDUWLVWV1DQF\+ROWDQG$QD0HQGLHWDDVWKHSRLQWRIGHSDUWXUHWKHDUWLFOH LOOXVWUDWHVWKHDWWHPSWVRIWKHQHRSUDJPDWLVWWKRXJKWWRUHYLYHWKRVHHOHPHQWVRI-RKQ'HZH\¶V DHVWKHWLFSKLORVRSK\WKDWEHDUGLUHFWUHOHYDQFHWRFRQWHPSRUDU\HFRFULWLFLVP,QWKLVFRQWH[W -RKQ6KXVWHUPDQ¶VZULWLQJVPD\SDUDOOHOWKHSDVWRUDOHOHPHQWRIHFRSKLORVRSK\SURYLGLQJ DUHIUHVKLQJSHUVSHFWLYHRQFRQFHSWVRIWKHHQYLURQPHQWDQGWKHQRQKXPDQ

:LW3LHWU]DN

The Ironist’s Fear.

The Human Self in Richard Rorty’s Literary Culture.

%XLOGRQWKHDQWLHVVHQWLDOLVWIRXQGDWLRQVWKDWZHUHUDLVHGE\1LHW]VFKHDQG'HUULGD 5LFKDUG5RUW\¶VSRVWPHWDSK\VLFDOYLVLRQRIOLWHUDU\FXOWXUHHQWDLOVWZRFUXFLDOFRQFHSWV LURQ\DQGVROLGDULW\7KHSUHVHQWDUWLFOHLQWHQGVWRKLJKOLJKWWKHSUHVHQFHRIDWKLUGOHVV SHUFHSWLEOHNH\LGHDIHDU7KHLURQLVW¶VGHVFULSWLRQVRIWKHZRUOGLQYROYHVHYHUFKDQJLQJ YRFDEXODULHVDGDSWDEOHDFFRUGLQJWRWKHGHPDQGVRIQHZVLWXDWLRQVDQGHPHUJLQJGLIIHUHQW IRUPVRIRWKHUQHVVYRFDEXODULHVZKLFKDUHVKDSHGDQGUHVKDSHGE\HQFRXQWHUVZLWKWKHHYHU

(5)

141

H[WHQGLQJOLQHRIOLWHUDU\ZRUNVZLWKWKHDZDUHQHVVRIWKHLQDELOLW\WR¿QGRUVHWWOHIRUtKH³¿QDO YRFDEXODU\´,WLVSUHFLVHO\WKLVDZDUHQHVVZKLFKPD\XQGHUFHUWDLQFLUFXPVWDQFHVEHVHHQ DVHYRNLQJDSRVVLELOLW\RIIHDUWKDWFRQFHUQVQRWRQO\WKHVWDELOLW\RIRQH¶VLGHQWLW\EXWDOVR WKHLQDELOLW\RIDFRPSOHWHDQGVDWLVIDFWRU\H[SUHVVLRQ7KLVIHDUKRZHYHUGRHVQRWQHFHV-VDULO\KDVWRKDYHDVWXQWLQJHIIHFW±LWPD\EHUHVSRQVLEOHIRUWKHVWLPXODWLRQRIRQHRIPDQ¶V PRVWSRZHUIXOTXDOLWLHVFUHDWLYLW\

0LFKDï5öĝ\FNL

Conspiracy of Science.

Technophobia in Contemporary American Conspiracy Theories

7KHJRDORIWKHSDSHULVWRRXWOLQHWKHQRWLRQRIWKHIHDURIWHFKQRORJ\DQGPLVWUXVW RIWKHVFLHQWL¿FHVWDEOLVKPHQWSUHVHQWLQst_{FHQWXU\$PHULFDQFRQVSLUDF\WKHRULHV,WDUJXHV}

WKDWVXFKQHJDWLYHFRQQRWDWLRQVDUHLQYDULDEO\WLHGWRWKHVRFDOOHG1HZ:RUOG2UGHU1:2 FRQVSLUDF\WKHRU\7KHWH[WRSHQVZLWKDEULHIRXWOLQHRIWKHRULJLQVRIWKHEHOLHILQWKH1:2 starting with the late 18th_{FHQWXU\WKHRULHVDERXWWKH%DYDULDQ,OOXPLQDWLDQGFXOPLQDWLQJ}

ZLWKWKHLQÀXHQFHRIWKH&ROG:DUPHQWDOLW\:KDWWKHIHDURIWHFKQRORJ\VWDQGVIRULQFRQ-VSLUDF\WKHRU\QDUUDWLYHVWKHWH[WDUJXHVLVWKHIHDURIWKHORVVRISHUVRQDODJHQF\7KLVORVV LVFDXVHGE\RYHUUHOLDQFHRQWHFKQRORJ\ZKLFKLVFRQWUROOHGE\DQHIDULRXVFRQVSLUDF\7KHWH[W UHOLHVRQSULPDU\VRXUFHVLQWKHIRUPRIZRUNVRIDQ$PHULFDQFRQVSLUDF\WKHRULVWUDGLR KRVWDQGSROLWLFDODFWLYLVW$OH[-RQHV

0LNRïD M0DUFHOD

Death Becomes Them:

Living Dead at the End of the 20th Century

,WVHHPVWKDWWKHUHWXUQRIWKHOLYLQJGHDGLQ5REHUW=HPHFNLV¶VDeath Becomes Her LVQRWWKHUHWXUQRIUHSUHVVHGGHDWKOLNHLQ*HRUJH$5RPHUR¶V¿OPVEXWUDWKHU WKHUHWXUQRIWKHUHSUHVVHGRIRXUPRGHUQIHDUVIHDURIEHLQJXJO\DQGIDWDQGIHDURIEHLQJ ROG7RGD\ZKHQZHDUHVXUURXQGHGE\EHDXWLIXOFHOHEULWLHVIURPWHOHYLVLRQDQGQHZVSDSHUV ZHFDQQRWDIIRUGWROHWRXUERG\JHWRXWRIVKDSH,WDSSHDUVWKDWWRUHPDLQKXPDQZHKDYH WRUHWDLQRXUEHDXW\DQGVKDSH%XWHYHQPRUHKRUU\¿QJVHHPVWKHWKUHDWRIJURZLQJROG 0LFKHO9RYHOOHSRLQWVRXWWKDWWKHSURFHVVRIJURZLQJROGDSSHDUVDVRQHRIWKHPRVWKRU-ULEOHWKUHDWVIRU:HVWHUQFLYLOL]DWLRQ+LGGHQDQGUHSUHVVHGLWUHWXUQVLQWKH¿JXUHRI]RPELH LQ5RPHUR¶VFODVVLFPRYLHVHULHV7KH³OLYLQJGHDG´WUXO\UHWXUQVWRWKHFLQHPDLQ (Night of the Living Dead²WKH\HDULQZKLFK-HDQ$PqU\LVVXHVKLVHVVD\On Growing Old. )URPLWVSHUVSHFWLYHLWEHFRPHVREYLRXVWKDWVORZDQGXQSURGXFWLYH]RPELHV³WKHOLYLQJ GHDG´ZKLFKFUDYHRQO\IRUFRQVXPSWLRQUHSUHVHQWWKHVHQLRUFLWL]HQVVRFLHW\WKDWHQGDQJHUV FRQWHPSRUDU\FXOWXUHRI\RXWKEHDXW\DQGKHDOWK6LPRQ&ODUNUHJDUGVWKHEORRGVWDLQHG PRXWKRID]RPELHDVDYDULDWLRQRIvagina dentata ZKLOH0DULD%RQDSDUWHSHUFHLYHVLW DVDV\PERORIFDVWUDWLRQDQGLPSRWHQFH

(6)