Balkan Journal of Philosophy

ISSNs: 1313-888X, 2367-5438

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    Whose Hand Writes the Story of ‘Us’? Vulnerability to Identity Interpellations in a Nonrepressive Social Context.Ioana Grancea - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):55-62.
    I propose a reconsideration of the role that ‘interpellations’ play in the dynamic process of identity construction. ‘Interpellation’ is a quasi-technical term introduced by Louis Althusser (1969) that I reinterpret using the lens of contemporary social ontology. I therefore look at it as an identity proposal that the individual can either accept, reject, negotiate, or outright ignore. In the original text, Althusser mentions the fact that the individual’s acceptance is the essential moment of an interpellation, but he does not elaborate (...)
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    Boris D. Grozdanoff, Zdravko Popov and Silviya Serafimova (eds.). Rationality and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.Lilia Gurova - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):88-91.
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    Identity of a Thinker, or Rereading Böhme and Heidegger on Dwelling (Wohnen) for Environmental Ethics.Magdalena Hoły-Łuczaj - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):31-42.
    The paper re-examines the work of Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) through the lens of environmental ethics. Specifically, it delves into the concept of dwelling (wohnen) as articulated in Six Theosophic Points (1620), The Six Mystical Points (1620), and On the Early and Heavenly Mystery (1620). To illuminate the significance of this concept for environmental ethics, the paper will juxtapose it with Martin Heidegger’s idea of dwelling. This comparative approach not only sheds light on the environmental-ethical implications, but also allows for a (...)
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    On How There Is Diasporic Identity.Davit Mosinyan - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):63-70.
    This paper aims to examine what is called “diasporic identity.” The complexity related to this research arises due to the inherent uncertainty and indefinability of identity itself, which is further compounded by the additional layer of uncertainty introduced by the concept of diaspora. The diaspora is not a ready-made, indisputable reality; establishing its existence demands substantiating the claim that it possesses a distinct identity. However, merely demonstrating a shared geographical distance from the homeland raises pertinent questions: Why should the negative (...)
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    Lake Mekrijärvi and the Karelian Heartland.Tero Mustonen - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):5-18.
    This article discusses the Mekrijärvi boreal lake system in North Karelia, Finland, and the Koitajoki river. It traces historico-cultural interactions with the lake, from its role as an epicenter of Karelian rune singing and traditional practices, to the natural and cultural disruptions caused by large-scale natural resource extraction that shattered forests, peatlands, and waterbodies, and on into a new era of restoration. In the 2000s a community-driven NGO began to document oral histories and scientific evidence of the lake’s condition. In (...)
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    Narrative versus Episodic Self.Hari Narayanan & Jayprakash Show - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):43-54.
    Humans tend to seek their identity as entities existing over a period of time by making narratives. The paper argues that seeking diachronic self-identity through narratives or stories results in the self-experience being one of separation or alienation from the real world. This happens because language is primarily a form of secondary representation, and the means by which we attempt to find identity often appear in the form of narratives. The dominance of the metaphor of life as a journey shows (...)
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    Changing Personal Identities.Silviya Serafimova - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):3-4.
    The main objective of this article is to analyze the reasons behind Thomas Ligotti’s recognition of Peter Wessel Zapffe as an anti-natalist. Specifically, I argue that Ligotti’s focus on Zapffe’s early essay The Last Messiah (1933) alone results in some misunderstandings of Zapffe’s views, which make room for coining him an antinatalist. These misunderstandings ground associated dichotomies of the type, Ligotti’s misinterpretation versus Zapffe’s theory, such as the dichotomy of self-deception versus heterotelic metaphysical activity of phantasy, as embedded in that (...)
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    Beyond the Human.Ester Toribio-Roura - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):19-30.
    Building upon recent studies in new materialisms and feminist critical posthumanism with a focus on human and more-than-human relationships, this paper examines how the posthuman paradigm, by postulating the queering of identit(ies) via entanglement with the more-than-human (including technology), and by offering a critical examination of diverse modes of existence within a broader ecological context, can foster more inclusive and ethically sound ways of being in the world. Although posthumanism encompasses a wide range of perspectives and theories, including transhumanism, at (...)
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    Dimitar Tsatsov. Dimitar Mihalchev – “Filosofski studii. Prinos kum kritikata na moderniia psikhologizum. – 1909 g.” Vuvedenie. (Dimitar Mihalchev – “Philosophical Studies. A Contribution to the Critique of Modern Psychologism. – 1909.” Introduction). [REVIEW]Frédéric Tremblay - 2024 - Balkan Journal of Philosophy 16 (1):92-94.
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