The Living Temporality of European Identity

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Living Temporality of European Identity

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this article, I raise the question of Europe&apos;s identity. I argue that this is to be found in the living temporality that shapes its understanding. Such temporality is overdetermined. It consists in a plurality of factors, which privilege the past, present, or the future respectively. The past is dominant when the account of identity emphasizes the origin of things - be this sacred history or some decisive event from the past. The present is dominant, by contrast, when we use science to understand the past and the future - for example, when we use our current knowledge of evolutionary processes to describe our human origins. In genuine political debate, however, the future is the decisive factor. Political debate is concerned with what should be done and which kind of future society should work to bring about. All three temporal determinations shape European identity. This means that the living temporalization of Europe is over-determined and in conflict with itself. Such over-determination is behind the shake-up that gives Europe its openness, in Patočka&apos;s sense. It is what provides the opening for the Socratic questioning that has unsettled the status quo throughout Europe&apos;s history.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Living Temporality of European Identity

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this article, I raise the question of Europe&apos;s identity. I argue that this is to be found in the living temporality that shapes its understanding. Such temporality is overdetermined. It consists in a plurality of factors, which privilege the past, present, or the future respectively. The past is dominant when the account of identity emphasizes the origin of things - be this sacred history or some decisive event from the past. The present is dominant, by contrast, when we use science to understand the past and the future - for example, when we use our current knowledge of evolutionary processes to describe our human origins. In genuine political debate, however, the future is the decisive factor. Political debate is concerned with what should be done and which kind of future society should work to bring about. All three temporal determinations shape European identity. This means that the living temporalization of Europe is over-determined and in conflict with itself. Such over-determination is behind the shake-up that gives Europe its openness, in Patočka&apos;s sense. It is what provides the opening for the Socratic questioning that has unsettled the status quo throughout Europe&apos;s history.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Philosophical News, Journal of The European Society of Moral Philosophy

ISSN

2039-7194

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

15

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

27-34

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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