Dialectics of gap and the problem of systemic violence in post-Marxism

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Keywords:

event, social imagination, social destruction, systemic violence, political action, political subject, post- Marxism, gap

Abstract

In the article, based on the analysis of philosophical concepts of K. Castoriadis, A. Badiou, S. Zizek, the essence of systemic violence is revealed as a destructive, repressive organization of social space, the result of which is the loss of the meaning of social action, alienation of a person from social and political practices.  It is noted that the idea of ​​a gap is interpreted not as a source of violence, but as a means of restoring the political space and returning the politically minded and responsible actor, which makes it possible to talk about two types of violence in post-Marxism: negative (systemic) and positive (political). Within the framework of the post-Marxist philosophy, the return of political subject, the realization of the ideal of the emancipated society through social imagination, the construction of both a political subject and a new order of being by the event are considered as effective ways to limit systemic violence. 

Author Biography

  • Irina N. Sidorenko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of philosophy and methodology of science, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published

2019-10-08

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No. 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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History of Philosophy

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Sidorenko, I.N. 2019. Dialectics of gap and the problem of systemic violence in post-Marxism. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 3 (Oct. 2019), 16–21.