HRVOJE JURIĆ

Odsjek za filozofiju, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu

https://filoz.ffzg.unizg.hr/nastavnici/hrvoje-juric/

 

Hrvoje Jurić (Bihać, Bosna i Hercegovina, 1975.) profesor je na Odsjeku za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, gdje predaje etiku i bioetiku. Hrvoje Jurić (Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1975) is a professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, where he teaches ethics and bioethics.

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MISLITI BEZ ILI S ONU STRANU OPOZICIJA: DOBRO, NELOŠE, NEDOBRO, ZLO

 

Može li se misliti bez ili s onu stranu opozicija? Već samo to pitanje, kao i bilo koji odgovor na nj, proizlazi iz opozitivnog mišljenja, tako da je i sama težnja da se misli bez ili s onu stranu opozicija paradoksalna, a možda i nemoguća. Pitanje o tome može se postaviti na logičkoj, epistemološkoj i ontološkoj razini, ali u ovom predavanju i razgovoru naglasak će biti na etičkom problemu opozicija. Čak i ako ustvrdimo da postoji (ili da mora postojati) dobro koje nije puka opozicija zlu, zaplićemo se u kontradikcije – ako ne u pitanju o izvoru dobra i zla, onda sigurno u pitanju o implikacijama dobrog i nedobrog djelovanja. Kako utvrđujemo što je dobro ako nemamo predodžbu negacije dobra? Tim pitanjima odvajkada se bavi etika, a kroz nju i cijela filozofija i teologija. Ne pretvarajući se da imamo odgovor na naznačene aporije, u ovom ćemo predavanju prikazati nekoliko paradigmatskih razmišljanja o toj problematici i razmotriti ih u svjetlu simpozijske teme „Nasuprot zlu“. To su: teodicejske rasprave o postojanju zla naočigled sveznajućeg, svemoćnog i svedobrog Boga (od gnosticizma, preko Aurelija Augustina i Gottfrieda Wilhelma Leibniza, do Hansa Jonasa); rasprave o odnosu između znanja, moći i moralnosti (od Sokrata, Platona i Aristotela, preko Francisa Bacona, do današnjih ekoloških izazova); rasprave o ljudskoj prirodi kao izvorno dobroj ili izvornoj zloj (Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. Thomas Hobbes, s posredovanjem u D. A. F. de Sadea); te rasprave o „radikalnom zlu“ (Immanuel Kant) i „banalnosti zla“ (Hannah Arendt), uključujući aktualna pitanja koja nastaju u rasponu od ratnih zločina i genocida do sveopće digitalizacije i porasta moći umjetne inteligencije. Ukratko, zanima nas ima li „dobra“ koje je više nego nešto „neloše“ i ima li „zla“ koje je više nego nešto „nedobro“.

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THINKING WITHOUT OR BEYOND THE OPPOSITIONS: GOOD, NOT BAD, NOT GOOD, EVIL

Is it possible to think without or beyond the oppositions? The question itself, as well as any answer to it, stems from oppositive thinking, so that the very tendency to think without or beyond the oppositions is paradoxical, and perhaps impossible. The question about this can be asked on a logical, epistemological and ontological level, but in this lecture and discussion the emphasis will be on the ethical problem of oppositions. Even if we affirm that there is (or must be) good that is not a mere opposition to evil, we get entangled in contradictions – if not about the source of good and evil, then certainly about the implications of actions that are good and not good. How do we determine what is good if we have no idea of ​​the negation of good? These questions have always been dealt with by ethics, and through it by the whole of philosophy and theology. Without pretending to have an answer to the indicated aporias, in this lecture we will present several paradigmatic reflections on this issue and consider them in the light of the symposium topic “The Opposite of Evil”. These are: theodicy discussions about the existence of evil in the face of an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent God (from Gnosticism, through Augustine of Hippo and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, to Hans Jonas); discussions on the relationship between knowledge, power and morality (from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, through Francis Bacon, to today’s ecological challenges); discussions on human nature as originally good or originally evil (Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. Thomas Hobbes, mediated by D. A. F. de Sade); and discussions on “radical evil” (Immanuel Kant) and the “banality of evil” (Hannah Arendt), including current issues arising from war crimes and genocides to pervasive digitization and the rise of artificial intelligence. In short, we are interested in whether there is “good” that is more than something “not bad” and whether there is “evil” that is more than something “not good”.

 

Tri pitanja za dijalog

1) Može li se „dobro“ definirati bez (ili s onu stranu) opozicije prema „zlu“?

2) Kakve predodžbe „dobra“ i „zla“ određuju naše djelovanje (i zašto)?

3) Koje manifestacije „dobra“ i „zla“ zapažate u današnjem svijetu i što nam one govore o konceptima „dobra“ i „zla“ kao orijentirima za naše mišljenje i djelovanje?

 

Linkovi

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-evil/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/theodicies/

https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/rousseau-and-hobbes-nature-free-will-and-the-passions/​

 

Three questions for dialogue

1) Can “good” be defined without (or beyond) opposition to “evil”?

2) What images of “good” and “evil” determine our actions (and why)?

3) What manifestations of “good” and “evil” do you notice in today’s world and what do they tell us about the concepts of “good” and “evil” as landmarks for our thinking and action?

 

Links

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/concept-evil/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/theodicies/

https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/rousseau-and-hobbes-nature-free-will-and-the-passions/

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​​​​Hrvoje Jurić aktivan je u raznim znanstvenim, kulturnim i društvenim institucijama, organizacijama i inicijativama. Uz brojne znanstvene, stručne, publicističke, esejističke i poetske tekstove u različitim publikacijama, objavio je sedam znanstvenih autorskih knjiga, sedam uredničkih knjiga te sedam pjesničkih knjiga. ​Hrvoje Jurić is active in various scientific, cultural and social institutions, organizations and initiatives. In addition to numerous scientific, professional, journalistic, essayistic and poetic texts in various publications, he published fseven scientific monographs, seven edited books, and seven poetry books, as well as a high school philosophy textbook.

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Pharos Symposium 2023 - 

Hrvoje Jurić attended the first edition of Pharos Symposium in 2023; as a very appreciated moderator and with a contribution to the then theme Utopia:

 

UTOPIA: IDEA, REALIZATION, NEGATION

 

The presentation will focus on the concept of utopia and the fate of utopian ideas from the 19th century to the present day, i.e. on social and political action and projects that were inspired by utopian thinking, including those that turned into dystopias. We will focus especially on the intellectual tradition of anarchism and Marxism, from Mikhail Bakunin, William Morris and Karl Marx, through Christian anarchists, Ernst Bloch and praxis-philosophy, to contemporary authors of these orientations. In conclusion, we will discuss the question of the possibility of utopian thinking and action today, in global society that disturbingly resembles the dystopias we know from the literary works of Franz Kafka, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell.

 

 

Three questions for dialogue

 

1. What does the concept of utopia imply and what understandings of utopia exist(ed) in the past and today?

2. What characterizes realized social-political projects that were guided by utopian ideas – in a positive and negative sense?

3. What is the future of utopian thinking and action – what sustains and encourages it, and what obstructs it and makes it impossible?

 

 

Suggested readings

 

• Bloch, Ernst (2000): The Spirit of Utopia. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

• Bosanac, Gordana (2005): Utopija i inauguralni paradoks: prilog filozofsko-političkoj raspravi. Zagreb: KruZak.

• Jacoby, Russell (1999): The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy. New York: Basic Books.

• Ellul, Jacques (2011): Anarchy and Christianity. Eugene: Wipf & Stock.

• Gelderloos, Peter (2013): Anarchy Works: Examples of Anarchist Ideas in Practice. Ardent Press.

• Jurić, Hrvoje (2018): Iskušenja humanizma. Zagreb: Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo (poglavlje „Misliti i djelovati utopijski“).

• Mannheim, Karl (1991): Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge, London: Routledge (chapter „Ideology and Utopia“).

• Maskalan, Ana (2015): Budućnost žene: filozofska rasprava o utopiji i feminizmu. Zagreb: Plejada; Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu.

• Praxis (journal): Praxis – international edition, 8 (1972) 3–4 (topic „Anarchy, Future, Revolution“)

• Šimleša, Dražen (2006): Četvrti svjetski rat: globalni napad na život / Drugačiji svijet je moguć!: priče iz našeg dvorišta. Zagreb: Što čitaš?

• Wright, Erik Olin (2010): Envisioning Real Utopias. London: Verso.

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