Volume 79 (2024), 10
Original articles: Socio-Political Resilience vis-à-vis the Contemporary World Crises
(Original title: Which Resilience? Thinking Democratic Subjectivity in the Polycrisis)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1129 - 1143.Abstract
In the context of the current polycrisis, Andreas Reckwitz suggests that instead of emphasizing progress, Western liberal democracies should cultivate resilience. The question is: which resilience? The prevailing theory of democratic resilience focuses on securing the “invariant core” of democratic institutions. This article shows why this approach is insufficient… Read more
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(Original title: Resilience as a Methodological Challenge for Axel Honneth’s Critical Theory)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1144 - 1158.Abstract
The objective of the study is to examine the methodological challenges that the concept of resilience presents to Axel Honneth’s social theory as a representative of contemporary Critical Theory. The study concentrates on the concept of “immanent transcendence” as a pivotal methodological framework and examines its connections to resilience theory. In this context,… Read more
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(Original title: Practicing Uncertainty as Resilience)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1159 - 1173.Abstract
Drawing on the pandemic experiences of Swedish welfare professionals and the philosophies of Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, Jonna Bornemark, and Isabelle Stengers, this paper argues for approaching resilience as a transformative process rather than merely a restorative or protective one. We address resilience as connected to the capacity to act under conditions of… Read more
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(Original title: The Emerging Science of Multisystemic Resilience: Trade-offs and Transformations in Contexts of Adversity)
Filozofia, 79 (2024), 10, 1174 - 1185.Abstract
This paper explores the concept of resilience as much more than a personal capacity to overcome adversity. Using reflections from ontology, ethics and epistemology, this paper offers philosophical contextualisation of resilience thinking and the corresponding paradigm shift. It shows that individual resilience depends on a person’s ability to navigate their way to… Read more
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