The rhetoric of "unprincipled" philosophy. A critical notice of articulated experiences: Towards a radical phenomenology of contemporary social movements

In this critical notice I review the main ideas presented in Peyman Vahabzadeh's thought-provoking investigation into the genesis of new social movements, Articulated Experiences: Towards a Radical Phenomenology of Contemporary Social Movements. I examine two central features of Vahabzadeh'...

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Published inThe European legacy, toward new paradigms Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 389 - 395
Main Author Murphy, Darryl J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2005
Subjects
Cultural history
Language use
Mediation
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Rhetoric
Social movements
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Summary:In this critical notice I review the main ideas presented in Peyman Vahabzadeh's thought-provoking investigation into the genesis of new social movements, Articulated Experiences: Towards a Radical Phenomenology of Contemporary Social Movements. I examine two central features of Vahabzadeh's work: (i) its notion of "ultimate referentiality;" and (ii) the centrality of the role accorded to language in Vahabzadeh's overall theory. I argue that in his stipulation that language is the most fundamental mediating factor in articulation and acts of identification, Vahabzadeh implicitly characterizes language as precisely the sort of privileged essential universality that his theory seeks to avoid. The repercussions of this criticism are not only relevant to the thesis of Articulated Experiences, they are also relevant to the thesis Vahabzadeh defends in his contribution to the present volume.
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ISSN:1084-8770
1470-1316
DOI:10.1080/10848770500116531