What is the situation of democracy today? Is democracy a stable form of government or a delicate balancing act that will always be at risk of deteriorating and being replaced by some form of authoritarianism? In this issue of Telos, we consider the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the possibilities and limitations, of democracy today.
Are liberal democracies inherently unstable? Do they depend on cultural preconditions out of their control for their stability? How can they maintain themselves in spite of the challenges? Focusing on Carl Schmitt's The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, Telos 208 explores the foundations of liberal democracies and the major challenges to their stability.
Telos 207 explores the ways in which politics affect what happens at universities through the lens of both current academic research in China and the recent protests on U.S. campuses over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the wake of October 7, 2023.
What is an intuition as opposed to a defined concept of something? Are intuitions separate and qualitatively different than concepts? Are they just fuzzy concepts? Do they really exist at all? The essays in Telos 206 explore in one way or another this question of the status of conceptual knowledge as opposed to intuitive awareness.
In this wide-ranging and incisive new volume, Timothy Luke traces the trajectory of Soviet and post-Soviet geopolitics, from the ideological dynamics of revolutionary Russia through the Cold War and the "War on Terror" to, most recently, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Combining elements of memoir and critical reflection on the history of mind-altering substances in society, Approaches attests to Jünger’s belief that drugs can facilitate a deeper spiritual journey into dimensions of human existence that have been eclipsed by the ambient noise of modern life.
- Telos 209 (Winter 2024): Democracy Today? Telos 209 (Winter 2024): Democracy Today? is now available for purchase in our store. Individual subscriptions to Telos are also available in both print and online formats. Since the supposed triumph of liberal democracy with the end of the Cold War, democracy seems now to be in retreat. The hung parliaments in France and Germany, reminiscent of the divides of Germany's… (continue reading)
- Dabashi’s Misrepresentation of Hegel: Hegel, Jews, and Kurds Hamid Dabashi's critique—or more accurately, his attack—on Hegel in the article "War on Gaza: How Hegel's Racist Philosophy Informs European Zionism" represents an emerging trend in certain intellectual circles: dismissing European philosophy as fundamentally racist while advancing exclusionary regional ideologies, often excluding nations like Kurds and Jews by denying their identities and national aspirations. While Dabashi ostensibly raises valid concerns about… (continue reading)
- Telos 208 (Fall 2024): Carl Schmitt and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy Telos 208 (Fall 2024): Carl Schmitt and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy is now available for purchase in our store. Individual subscriptions to Telos are also available in both print and online formats. It hardly needs mentioning that liberal democracy is facing a number of threats today, both internal and external. Even if the political parties in the United States cannot… (continue reading)
- The Left and Islamism: Antisemitism and Antikurdism The following essay originally appeared in German in Siebter Oktober Dreiundzwanzig: Antizionismus und Identitätspolitik, ed. Vojin Saša Vukadinović (Berlin: Querverlag, 2024), and appears here in English translation by permission of the author. Translated by Russell A. Berman. More than ever, leftists, political Islam, and postcolonial intellectuals have joined forces in an unholy alliance. Lacking an understanding of the history of Islamic… (continue reading)
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Telos has always celebrated rejuvenation and renewal, and in recent years we’ve embraced that change in a variety of ways. We’ve taken Telos online and digitized our complete archive, allowing institutional subscribers from around the world to access the journal over the Internet. We’ve created a regular conference series in New York City and another more recently in Europe, which have brought together an increasing number of scholars to discuss today’s critical issues in politics and philosophy . . . (continue reading) |
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