Abstract
Philosopher Gillian Rose is considered to have operated at the very ‘highest plane of abstraction’, yet she was deeply critical of theoretical inscrutability. Significantly, she believed that post-structuralism’s efforts to disrupt metaphysics had the obverse affect/effect of sustaining structural antinomies, turning dialectics into a nihilist enterprise. Her ideas are highly relevant in a political present where left and right are locked in an antinomic deadlock that blocks access to justice, reason and ethics. This paper argues that Rose’s concept of the ‘broken middle’ provides a means by which to navigate untenable positions that stifle reasoning and the very possibility of ethics and justice.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 08 Dec 2019 |
| Event | Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Australia Conference - Victorian Trades Hall, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 07 Dec 2019 → 08 Dec 2019 https://hmmelbourne.net/call-for-papers/ (Call for papers) https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/admin/files/42087464/37926772_conf_program.pdf (Conference program) https://hmmelbourne.net/ (Conference website) |
Conference
| Conference | Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Australia Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | No Middle Ground: From Flickers of Hope to Flames of Resistance |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 07/12/19 → 08/12/19 |
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