Vladimir Safatle
BIO
Vladimir is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Psychology at the University of São Paulo. He examines the relationship between philosophy and human sciences, especially psychoanalysis and psychology, in contemporary French thought and the Frankfurt School. He is also an expert in Lacanian Thought and Leftist Politics. His research interests include Hegelian philosophy, post-Hegelian dialectical tradition, as well as the philosophy of music. Beyond this, Vladimir is responsible for the translation of Theodor W. Adorno's complete works into Portuguese and for the coordination of the book series Explosante (Ubu Press). He also writes a column in El País.
At THE NEW INSTITUTE Vladimir was involved in the program "The Human Condition in the 21st Century".
QUESTIONS
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What gives you hope?
The social emancipation of the working class.
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How does change happen?
Changes occur when we understand that “Impossible” is, in fact, the name that we give for what cannot exist from the point of view of the current situation. Therefore, it is what forces the current situation to change radically; it forces a break in the structure. Everything that is decisive for us was once impossible.
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Why have you joined TNI?
I accepted the invitation to take part in TNI's projects because I realized the desire to create a strong space for dialogue composed of researchers from various countries and traditions. There are problems that can only be considered in this way, namely, through a collective exercise of mutual decentering.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
Em um com o impulso
In one with the impulse is the first volume of a triad dedicated to reflection on the aesthetic experience. Its axis seeks to understand the deep articulation between what is at stake in artistic production and the expectations of social emancipation. As if the horizon of our emancipation were, in a fundamental dimension, an aesthetic production. As if something decisive in our idea of freedom were built from the challenges posed by the field of works of art that accompany our societies.
BOOK
Neoliberalismo como gestão do sofrimento psíquico
With Nelson da Silva Junior, Christian Dunker, our fellow Vladimir Safatle writes how the neoliberal mode of production has constructed a new form of suffering that has become entrenched in our lives in the manner of an indisputable morality.
BOOK
Maneiras de transformar mundos
With Nelson da Silva Junior, Christian Dunker, our fellow Vladimir Safatle writes how the neoliberal mode of production has constructed a new form of suffering that has become entrenched in our lives in the manner of an indisputable morality.
Le circuit des affects. Corps politiques, détresse et la fin de l’individu, 2021
Dar corpo ao impossível: O sentido da dialética a partir de Theodor Adorno, 2019
Grand Hotel Abyss: Desire, Recognition and the Restoration of the Subject, 2016
A esquerda que não teme dizer seu nome, 2012
La Passion du négatif. Lacan et la dialectique, 2010
“Mirrors without Images: Mimesis and Recognition in Lacan and Adorno”, in: Radical Philosophy, 2006
LATEST
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interview
Achieving DemocracyOur fellow Vladimir Safatle on the revolutionary process of rewriting Chile’s dictatorship-era Constitution – and what it means for the rest of the world.
Vladimir Safatle | The Future of Democracy | The Challenge |
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analysis
The Path to PeaceVladimir Safatle on Neutrality.