Ontological

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani links the ontological to the category of being. He mostly uses it critically: ontology posits an "already-there" prior to man (God, nature, birth), which he judges reactionary1 and presents as an old denial of social being and historical becoming2. He observes that, as the sciences progress, what was held to be ontological turns out to be relational3. He also mentions Heidegger, for whom the sciences concern only beings, not being4. In Aristotle and under the Ancien Régime, masters and slaves, nobles and commoners form something like different ontologies, and aristocratic ontology ascribes base feelings to the lower classes by nature56. He finds the same pattern in the return of identity politics, which opposes men and women, Black and white people, to conceal the opposition between exploiters and exploited7, as well as in Senghor's négritude and in postmodern ideology89. He nonetheless accepts a revolutionary ontology, provided that it is an ontology of the act10.

1. 1Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 27 Jul 2012 · 33:25
2. 2« DOIT-ON SAUVER LE SOLDAT LORDON ? » - Postface de la réédition par Delga du livre Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir par de Michel Clouscard1 Aug 2017 · 4:41
3. 3#1.5 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Dec 2015 · 42:11
4. 4#4.9 Angélique (de Nerval)14 Jun 2018 · 13:57
5. 5#1.5 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Dec 2015 · 1:04:17
6. 6#5.1 bis FaceBook Live / Questions2 Nov 2018 · 32:03
7. 7«Rouges-bruns», «décolonial» : Faut-il utiliser la langue dominante ? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 57:55
8. 8«Rouges-bruns», «décolonial» : Faut-il utiliser la langue dominante ? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 1:29:44
9. 910#7 L'éco-nazillonisme "post-moderne" - Le Gorgias de Platon23 Dec 2021 · 38:41
10. 10#9 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...17 Dec 2020 · 39:08

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