Facing the Present in Political Philosophy

这个项目分析了政治哲学(PP)对于理解当下所能做出的贡献--被认为是“说到当下的哲学家所属的哲学事件”(福柯，2010)。第一章分析了新自由主义学术界，这是当今大多数哲学政治思想产生的地方，并询问它是否以及如何将政治哲学家限定为认知工作者。第二章讨论了分析性PP作为当前学科中的主导线索，质疑它与当前哲学事件的联系方式。第三章对政治哲学和政治理论之间的区别提出了质疑，认为它对两者都有负面影响--允许政治哲学家忽视当下作为一个哲学问题，而政治理论家则专注于当下，而把它的哲学含义放在一边。第四章试图通过解读福柯对这些概念的理解，重申PP作为一种批判和说真话的实例的价值。第五章探讨在新自由主义的学术背景下，能否将PP作为一种对当下和习语的批判。

This project analyzes the contribution political philosophy (PP) can offer today for understanding the present - conceived as "a philosophical event to which the philosopher who speaks of it belongs" (Foucault 2010). Chapter 1 analyzes neoliberal academia, where most of philosophicalpolitical thought is today produced, and asks whether and how it conditions political philosophers as cognitive workers. Chapter 2 deals with Analytic PP as the currently dominant strand within the subject, questioning the ways in which itrelates to the philosophical event of the present. Chapter 3 problematizes the distinction between PP and political theory, arguing that it has negative implications for both - allowing political philosophers to neglect the present as a philosophical issue and political theorists to focus on the present while putting its philosophical implications aside. Chapter 4 tries to reaffirm the value of PP as an instance of critique and parrhesia (truth-telling), through a reading of the Foucault's understanding of these concepts. Chapter 5 asks whether PP as a critique of the present and parrhesia can be pursued in the context of neoliberal academia.