What do conspiracy theories, algorithms and meritocracy have in common? All three avoid contingency and frantically look for necessities. â Contingency phobiaâ is not only manifest in conspiratorial thinking. It is the cause of a variety of other phenomena that have become emblematic for liberal democracies.
What do conspiracy theories, algorithms and meritocracy have in common? All three avoid contingency and frantically look for necessities. â Contingency phobiaâ is not only manifest in conspiratorial thinking. It is the cause of a variety of other phenomena that have become emblematic for liberal democracies.
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is professor of philosophy at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and the director of the Global Studies Center. His latest book is Daoism, Dandyism, and Political Correctness (2023).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Conspiracy as Pharmakon 1 The Conspiracy Theory as a Work of Art 2 Alternative Modernities 3 Coincidence Accident Virus 4 Animism and the Sense of Order 5 Ressentiment Kitsch and "Absolute Contingency" 6 Contingency through the Ages: Determination and Mystification 7 Evolution Meritocracy and Fake Science 8 The Loss of Unity 9 French Philosophy of Contingency 10 The Aesthetics of Contingency 11 Contingency in Eastern Philosophies Conclusion Bibliography Index
Introduction: Conspiracy as Pharmakon 1 The Conspiracy Theory as a Work of Art 2 Alternative Modernities 3 Coincidence Accident Virus 4 Animism and the Sense of Order 5 Ressentiment Kitsch and "Absolute Contingency" 6 Contingency through the Ages: Determination and Mystification 7 Evolution Meritocracy and Fake Science 8 The Loss of Unity 9 French Philosophy of Contingency 10 The Aesthetics of Contingency 11 Contingency in Eastern Philosophies Conclusion Bibliography Index
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