From: "phil interventions" <philinterventions-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: HAB: globalization and intellectuals
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:59:50 +0200


Habermas' view does not make any moral obligation to intellectual to 
intervene in the public sphere on issues of general concern or relating to 
the academic discipline which they represent. Nevertheless there is certain 
encouragement to be an active citizen,ofcourse not just for the 
"intellectual" but for every citizen. I have two problems: First "public 
spheres" are mostly nationally oriented. There is no "world news paper", nor 
an international forum to which feel bound. Even the UN is now 
instrumentalised for national interests and discredited.... Reading the 
Herald tribune, Le Monde or a German newspaper on the same subject is quite 
a difference! That is for international readers as such also interesting, 
but few relate these differences to more a global context for political 
discussion. Yet,we share because of globalisation quite simular challenges. 
I think of the changes at the academia, and university. I almost have the 
impression the idea of "the university" at least in the sense of 
Humboldt,completely disappears and we get lose, intransparent private/public 
networks in it is place where "intellectuals", less as they use to do, go 
beyond their area of immediate concern. Is this not a "world" issue for 
intellectuals  to engage in a political discussion transnationally? Why it 
does not happen? Surely there is no "engaged" culture, but if one would have 
a forum it may become different. Yet have to constitute a forum. We have now 
email discussion listed, reflecting the fragmentation of politics???
Perhaps someone has done some more reflections on this, then what comes to 
my mind
Rene


>From: Hiro Sait <hirosophy-AT-hotmail.com>
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>habermas-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: HAB: globalization and intellectuals
>Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 21:58:14 -0400
>
>Dear List Members:
>
>I will be attending a graduate seminar on global transformations at the 
>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor this coming year. And I'm thinking of 
>working on the relationship between the intellectual and globalization 
>(whatever the "intellectual" and "globalization" mean here) in the seminar; 
>for instance, what can/should intellectuals do within this "globalizing" 
>world? So, if you know any articles or/and books written by "public 
>intellectuals" where they discuss the relationship between globalization 
>and intellectuals, please let me know.
>
>I know that Foucault and Bourdieu regard the task of the intellectual is to 
>un-cover domination at the level of re-presentations. Bourdieu tireless 
>points out that struggles in the world are always struggles over 
>re-presentations of the world at the same time (i.e., "truth is 
>antagonistic"). And Foucault also argues "the essential political problem 
>for the intellectual is... that of ascertaining the possibility of 
>constituting a new politics of truth" (1980:133). But, I don't know whether 
>these thinkers have ever explicitly linked this task of the intellectual to 
>the context of globalization. (I didn't find Acts of Resistance very 
>useful.)
>
>Thanks a lot in advance,
>Hiro
>
>
>
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