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8Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2010.While ancient civilizations worshipped strong, active emotions, modern societies have favored more peaceful attitudes, especially within the democratic process. We have largely forgotten the struggle to make use of _thymos_, the part of the soul that, following Plato, contains spirit, pride, and indignation. Rather, Christianity and psychoanalysis have promoted mutual understanding to overcome conflict. Through unique examples, Peter Sloterdijk, the preeminent posthumanist, argues exactly the op…Read more
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30Rational Mysticism: Hegel on Magic and ChinaJournal of Chinese Philosophy 44 (3-4): 154-174. 2017.Hegel’s conception of a universal history of reason is usually interpreted as a Eurocentric project that is dismissive of the genuine contributions by other cultures. In contrast to this assumption, his views concerning Chinese philosophical traditions evolved significantly in his late Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Hegel increasingly acknowledges a unique contribution of Confucianism and especially Daoism. While Confucianism is depicted as a natural religion of magic in which the emper…Read more
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6IntroductionThesis Eleven 143 (1): 3-7. 2017.The gambler’s probing of luck in games of chance cannot be reduced to rational calculation. The art of gambling flourishes at the margins of societies and undermines the correlation of effort and entitlement. This paper interprets the peculiar thrill of gambling in modern times by drawing on social systems theory and critical theory. It argues that gambling is a specific mode of agency that consists in a playful engagement with risk and contingency. The gambler reveals a highly aroused and yet p…Read more
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11Intercultural Encounter in the Age of Hybridity: A Response to Eric S. NelsonPhilosophy East and West 70 (1): 225-237. 2020.In an age when the geopolitical dynamics are shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the reception of Asian sources in Europe could be seen as primarily of historical interest. At first sight, the interpretation of Chinese and Buddhist wisdom traditions in early twentieth-century Germany appears to bear little significance for contemporary concerns. In Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought, Eric Nelson proves this assumption wrong and demonstrates that the …Read more
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11On gambling: The provocation of Lady FortuneThesis Eleven 143 (1): 82-96. 2017.The gambler’s probing of luck in games of chance cannot be reduced to rational calculation. The art of gambling flourishes at the margins of societies and undermines the correlation of effort and entitlement. This paper interprets the peculiar thrill of gambling in modern times by drawing on social systems theory and critical theory. It argues that gambling is a specific mode of agency that consists in a playful engagement with risk and contingency. The gambler reveals a highly aroused and yet p…Read more
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22Hegel, Utopia, and the Philosophy of HistoryProceedings of the Hegel Society of America 19 35-50. 2009.
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14Was denn bitte ist kulturelle Identität? Eine Orientierung in Zeiten des Populismus (review)Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 68 (2): 321-325. 2019.
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35IntroductionComparative Philosophy 5 (2). 2014.This writing gives an introduction to this special topic issue on comparative perspectives on the philosophy of nature
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34Dialectics of Enlightenment, East and WestJournal of Chinese Philosophy 44 (3-4): 251-274. 2017.Critical theorists have argued that the concept of Enlightenment is paradoxical. While it designates the liberation from superstition through the use of reason, Enlightenment also sets up new forms of superstition. This article focuses on Gan Yang’s and Wang Hui’s rereading of the dynamic processes of Enlightenment in China and in Europe. It argues for a transcultural perspective on Enlightenment’s tendency to give rise to a deformation of reason. Only if the culturally varying forms of reason a…Read more
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1[Book Review] Wittgenstein: Biography and Philosophy, James C. Klagge (ed.) (review)Gnosis 6 (1): 1-8. 2002.
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69Daoism as critical theoryComparative Philosophy 2 (2): 50. 2011.Classical philosophical Daoism as it is expressed in the Dao-De-Jing and the Zhuang-Zi is often interpreted as lacking a capacity for critique and resistance. Since these capacities are taken to be central components of Enlightenment reason and action, it would follow that Daoism is incompatible with Enlightenment. This interpretation is being refuted by way of developing a constructive dialogue between the enlightenment traditions of critical theory and recent philosophy of action from a Daoist…Read more
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15The Human–Animal Boundary Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction (edited book)Lexington Books. 2018.The Human-Animal Boundary shifts the traditional anthropocentric focus of philosophy and literature by combining the question "what is human?" with the question "what is animal?" The objective is to expand the imaginative scope of human-animal relationships by combining perspectives from different disciplines, traditions, and cultural backgrounds.
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18Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political (edited book)Lexington Books. 2016.Reorienting the Political examines the reception of two controversial German philosophers, Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss, in the Chinese-speaking world. This volume explores the powerful resonance of both thinkers in Chinese political thought from a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective.
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48Recognition and Trust: Hegel and Confucius on the Normative Basis of Ethical LifeDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 18 (1): 1-22. 2019.This essay offers a comparative analysis of the notion of trust in Hegel and Confucius. It shows that Hegel’s two senses of trust depend upon his theory of recognition and recognitive struggle. The competitive thrust of Hegel’s account of trust, it argues, introduces a series of problems that cannot be adequately resolved within his theory, since it presupposes the kinds of trusting relations—self-, intersubjective- and world-trust—that it purports to explain. This essay then turns to the Confuc…Read more
Mario Wenning
Loyola University Andalusia
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Loyola University AndalusiaAssociate Professor
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Chinese Philosophy |
Aesthetics |
Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
Chinese Philosophy |
Aesthetics |