Rado Riha
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Rado Riha is a Slovenia
n philosopher. He is a senior research fellow and currently the head of the Institute of Philosophy, Centre for Scientific Research at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
, and coordinator of the philosophy module at the post-graduate study programme of the University of Nova Gorica
.
Born in Ljubljana
, former Yugoslavia
, he studied philosophy at the University of Ljubljana
. In the 1980s, he was part of what was known as the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was member of the League of Communists of Slovenia
. He left the party in October 1988, together with 32 other left wing intellectuals, as a protest against the arrest of the dissident Janez Janša
and three other critical journalist by the Yugoslav military intelligence. During the so-called JBTZ trial in 1988, he was an active member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights
, the largest non-Communist civil society platform in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
.
Riha's research topics include ethics
, epistemology, contemporary French philosophy, the psychoanalysis
of Jacques Lacan
, and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant
. From 1996 to 2003 he has been the editor-in-chief of the journal Filozofski vestnik, and since 1993 a member of its editorial board.
He is married to the philosopher Jelica Šumič Riha
.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n philosopher. He is a senior research fellow and currently the head of the Institute of Philosophy, Centre for Scientific Research at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy....
, and coordinator of the philosophy module at the post-graduate study programme of the University of Nova Gorica
University of Nova Gorica
University of Nova Gorica - UNG , is the fourth university in Slovenia. It is located in the towns of Nova Gorica, Gorizia , and Ajdovščina.-History:...
.
Born in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, former Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, he studied philosophy at the University of Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
. In the 1980s, he was part of what was known as the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis
Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis , also known as the Ljubljana Lacanian School is a popular name for a post-structuralist and Lacanian school of thought centred around the Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prominent members of the school include Slavoj Žižek,...
. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was member of the League of Communists of Slovenia
League of Communists of Slovenia
The League of Communists of Slovenia was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1989...
. He left the party in October 1988, together with 32 other left wing intellectuals, as a protest against the arrest of the dissident Janez Janša
Janez Janša
Janez Janša is a Slovenian politician who was Prime Minister of Slovenia from November 2004 to November 2008. He has also been President of the Slovenian Democratic Party since 1993...
and three other critical journalist by the Yugoslav military intelligence. During the so-called JBTZ trial in 1988, he was an active member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights was a civil society organization in Slovenia, which functioned during the so-called Slovenian Spring between 1988 and 1990....
, the largest non-Communist civil society platform in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Socialist Republic of Slovenia
The Socialist Republic of Slovenia was a socialist state that was a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1990...
.
Riha's research topics include ethics
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
, epistemology, contemporary French philosophy, the psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
of Jacques Lacan
Jacques Lacan
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced France's...
, and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment....
. From 1996 to 2003 he has been the editor-in-chief of the journal Filozofski vestnik, and since 1993 a member of its editorial board.
He is married to the philosopher Jelica Šumič Riha
Jelica Šumič Riha
Jelica Šumič Riha is a Slovenian philosopher, political theorist, and translator, associated with the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis.- Biography :She studied philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, graduating in 1983...
.
Books
- Filozofija v znanosti : prispevki k razrednemu značaju marksistične teorije, (Analecta). Ljubljana: Univerzum, 1982.
- Problemi teorije fetišizma, (Filozofija skozi psihoanalizo, 2), (Analecta). Ljubljana: Univerzum, 1985 (with Slavoj ŽižekSlavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....
). - Pravo in razsodna moč : od avtoritete brez jamstva do pravila brez opore, Ljubljana: Študentska organizacija Univerze, 1993 (with Jelica Šumič RihaJelica Šumič RihaJelica Šumič Riha is a Slovenian philosopher, political theorist, and translator, associated with the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis.- Biography :She studied philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, graduating in 1983...
), ISBN 86-7347-049-8. - Reale Geschehnisse der Freiheit : zur Kritik der Urteilskraft in Lacanscher Absicht, (Wo es war, 3). Wien: Turia & Kant, 1993, ISBN 3-85132-039-5.
Selected articles
- “Plurale Subjekte als konkrete Endlichkeiten : oder Wie Laclau mit Kant gelesen werden kann”, in: Oliver Marchart (ed.), Judith ButlerJudith ButlerJudith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at the University of California, Berkeley.Butler received her Ph.D...
, Das Undarstellbare der Politik : Zur Hegemonietheorie Ernesto Laclaus. Wien: Turia + Kant, 1998. - “Kritika razsodne moči kot zadnja Kantova kritika”, in: Immanuel Kant. Kritika razsodne moči, (Philosophica, Series Classica). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 1999.
- “Die Romantik im Gefecht des Symbolischen, Imaginären und Realen”, in: Wolfgang Müller-Funk, (ed.), Franz SchuhFranz SchuhFranz Schuh may refer to:*Franz Schuh , Austrian writer*Franz Schuh , Austrian physician...
, (ed.). Nationalismus und Romantik. Wien: Turia + Kant, 1999. - “La philosophie comme noeud de l'universel, du singulier et du sujet”, in: Jelica Šumič-Riha (ed.), Universel, singulier, sujet, (Collection "Philosophie - épistémologie"). Paris: Éditions Kimé, 2000.
- “Politics as the real of philosophy”, in: Simon CritchleySimon CritchleySimon Critchley is an English philosopher currently teaching at The New School. He works in continental philosophy. Critchley argues that philosophy commences in disappointment, either religious or political...
, (ed.), Oliver Marchart (ed.), Laclau: a critical reader. London; New York: Routledge, 2004. - "Kommunismus als Gemeinschaft 'für alle'", in: Indeterminate! Kommunismus: Texte zu Ökonomie, Politik und Kultur, Münster: Unrast, 2005 (with J. Šumič Riha)
- “Kantova moralna filozofija za naš čas”: introductory study. In: Immanuel Kant, Utemeljitev metafizike nravi, (Philosophica, Series Classica). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2005.
- “Um v zgodovini: introductory study”, in: Immanuel Kant, Zgodovinsko-politični spisi, (Philosophica, Series Classica). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2006.
- “La política como lo real de la filosofía”, in: Simon Critchley (ed.), Oliver Marchart (ed.), Laclau : aproximaciones críticas a su obra. Buenos Aires: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2008.