Logic of the subject

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani contrasts the logic of the subject with the logic of objects, which he reduces to the form of the function (y = f(x)). He defines it as a logic that can exist only for, through and in a subject, immanent to every subject as a subject1. He prefers to speak of what pertains to the subject rather than of "values", and links this dimension to modernity, which comes after the philosophy of knowledge2. In his view, what is properly philosophical belongs to this logic: the question "what ought I to do?", which only a subject can ask3. Against scientism as well as irrationalism, he refuses to reduce everything to a logic of objects and sees Marx and Freud as the two advances in this field4. He gives the example of subjects who signify and value the high, the dawn and elevation5. In a session on Thomas Mann, he also notes that the Nazi delusion of "Judeo-Bolshevism" has its own logic, which is neither "and" nor "or", but fusion.

1. 1Mann (Thomas)23 Oct 2019 · 51:29
2. 2#5.9 Kafka Un message impérial29 Jul 2019 · 3:30
3. 3#5.9 Kafka Un message impérial29 Jul 2019 · 25:13
4. 4Pagani sans détours21 Sept 2019 · 1:03:15
5. 59 #12 Comment des sciences de l'histoire peuvent-elles être réelles?14 Jan 2021 · 38:14

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