Sofia Philosophical Review, 2006/ Volume I, No.1

This issue is printed with the kind support by the Fund for Promotion of the Master's Programs at the Faculty of Philosophy, the Sofia University and by the Open Society Institute Sofia.

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Sofia Philosophical Review accepts papers in the fields of Social, Political, and Moral Philosophy as well as Continental Philosophy in general. Please send a hard copy of the manuscripts accompanied by an electronic version of the same to:

Dr. Alexander L. Gungov

Editor, Sofia Philosophical Review

Faculty of Philosophy

Sofia University

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MORAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

ACADEMIC SPEECH AT THE CEREMONY OF AWARDING AN HONORARY DOCTORAL DEGREE AT THE SOFIA UNIVERSITY (JUNE 2002)

Zygmunt Bauman, University of Leeds LEVINAS: HOW TO THINK HUMANITAS OF HOMO HUMANUS?

Maria Dimitrova, Sofia University

ON SOPHISTICATION AND MORALITY

Peter Stefan Borkowski, The American University in Cairo

ART AND BEYOND...

IN SEARCH OF MEANING

Domenico Jervolino, University of Naples Federico II

NATURAL MEANING IN ART

W. Stephen Croddy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

POLITICS AND ECONOMY: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN

POWERS OF RESISTANCE TO THE NEW POSTINDUSTRIAL ORDER: HARDT/NEGRI AND/VS. JAMESON

Lazar Popov, Purdue University

ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES AWAITING OUR GRANDCHILDREN: A RETROSPECTIVE ON KEYNES

Mehmet Seyhan Pencapligil, Sofia University and Banka Kombetare Tregtare

THE STRUCTURAL BRAKES OF MANIPULATION OR THE CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE

Erma Petrova, University of Ottawa

A CRITIQUE OF ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: EXAMINING THE PUBLIC GOOD AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THE STATE

Jeffrey Bow, The Australian National University

BOOK REVIEWS

Thomas R. Flynn, SARTRE, FOUCAULT, AND HISTORICAL REASON, CHICAGO: CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PRESS, VOL. 1, TOWARD AN EXISTENTIALIST THEORY OF HISTORY, 1 997; VOL. 2, A POSTSTRUCTURALIST MAPPING OF HISTORY, 2005

Maria Dimitrova, Sofia University

William L. McBride, FROM YUGOSLAV PRAXIS TO GLOBAL PATHOS: ANTI-HEGEMONIC POST-POST-MARXIST ESSAYS, LAN HAM: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC., 2001

Alexander L. Gungov, Sofia University

Albena Bakratcheva, VISIBILITY BEYOND THE VISIBLE: THE ARTISTIC DISCOURSE OF AMERICAN TRANSCENDENTALISM, SOFIA: THE NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2006

Alexander L. Gungov, Sofia University

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND EDITORS

MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY TAUGHT IN ENGLISH AT SOFIA UNIVERSITY