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THE NORWEGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON VON WRIGHT’S THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYSTERIA\(^{1)}\)

This paper analyzes the theory of provocative pessimism, as displayed by the Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright, which concerns, among many other issues, the justification of what he defines as environmental hysteria. By exploring the genealogy o...

XENOPHOBIA AND MULTICULTURALISM: WHICH ROAD IS EUROPE GOING TO TAKE?

The article includes analysis of the consequences of the policies and practices, known as multiculturalism, focused on xenophobia and related phenomena. Autors stress the need of impartial scientific debate on multiculturalism, having in mind several theoret...

NETOCRACY – THE NEW CLASS IN THE NET SOCIETY

The author analyzes the process of formation of a new political regime under the conditions of genesis of global information society. Considered in the article are virtual mechanisms, methods and ways of social government by ruling elites in the new historic...

THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF HUMAN LIFE ACCORDING TO ARENDT

This article tries to show the phenomenological sense of the Arendtian investigation on the human life and to what extent it is constituted as a postmetaphysical philosophical anthropology, an interpretation that would be closely linked to her notions of acti...

DOCUMENTARY AS A FIELD OF INTERACTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL WORLDS

A film idea and its realization are creating a potential field of relationships and interactions in which there are two worlds, the world of the cinema and the world of the individual experience, and every film is a reality. An objective reality in document...

HOW SOCIALLY ENGAGED CINEMA “TURNED INTO” ART CINEMA

The contemporary situation of mass cinema consumption and the development of popular film critic imposed a dilution of some of the classical concepts such as socially engaged cinema and art cinema. If a film tells a social story and is shot in a naturalistic w...

FUNCTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY IN BULGARIAN SECONDARY EDUCATION

The article succinctly presents the functions of Philosophy in Bulgarian high school education. These functions include: 1) exercising of linguistic competencies and clarification of verbal behaviour as to help students construct and apply criteria for meani...

THE COLLECTION PHILOSOPHICAL ATTEMPTS – AN IMPRESSIVE ACADEMIC TRADITION

The collection <i>Philosophical Attempts</i> is an academic edition of speciality of Philosophy in South-West University, Blagoevgrad. During already for 15 years, 2002 – 2017, the collection represents the best achievements of the students in philosophy...