CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Pushkar, Rebeka |
|---|---|
| Title | What Does It Mean to Think Philosophically?: Cognitive Utopia in Gilles Deleuze and Theodor Adorno |
| Summary | In this paper, following Hegel, I operate with the assumption that philosophy is characterized through its work with concepts and its critical nature, and that these features are frequently overlooked by philosophers due to the tendency to forget that philosophy is an inherently reflective project. I investigate the question of how to understand philosophical thinking in a way that recognizes philosophy’s critical nature. I look at the way that Theodor Adorno and Gilles Deleuze theorize philosophical thinking in a cognitive utopia, or in a context where philosophical thought is not constrained by false conceptions of thinking. I claim that Adorno’s approach allows for an understanding of exactly what prevents philosophy from being properly actualized, namely Hegelian dialectics and concept fetishism. Deleuze’s approach, while also critical, is more useful for understanding how philosophy always necessarily engages in self-criticism and creation in spite of the forces that constrain it. Ultimately, I argue that Adorno and Deleuze are engaged in complementary projects and the latter builds on the former. |
| Supervisor | Weberman, David Sanford |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/pushkar_rebeka.pdf |
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