materialism

The transforming reason. Reflections on knowledge position in cultural studies

Ricardo J. Kaliman rikaliman@yahoo.com UNT-CONICET, Argentina Abstract: This paper examines the assumption of a specific knowledge, which has been attributed to Latin American cultural studies practitioners and constitutes its specific contribution in the political arena. I maintain here that such knowledge is possible, even though it is not supported by a mere institutional endorsement. In […]

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Rosi Braidotti’s philosophical nomadism —a materialist approach to the metaphysics of presence

Abstract: This paper advances an overarching reading of nomadic philosophy created by Rosi Braidotti. The central thesis lies on the fact that her philosophy draws a deep materialism making up a radical alternative to the metaphysics of presence, which is understood as a big discourse system prevailing in the West. One that states the truth […]

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