Kojève's Sophia: bored girls and the philosopher in the striped pyjamas

Hager Weslati

Kojève's Sophia: bored girls and the philosopher in the striped pyjamas

Hager Weslati

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Abstract

The figure of the 'Sophia' appears with great consistency across the entire oeuvre of Alexandre Kojève. Until the early 1930s, 'Sophia' was central to his intellectual grounding in Russian philosophy via the religious metaphysics of Soloviyev. A decade later, this potent gendered trope is used to frame the politics of the Russian version of his 'system of knowledge'. In parallel with the 'Eastern' resonances of the Kojèvean 'Sophia', the gendering of the concept (Begriff) marks pivotal moments in Kojève's philosophical system, namely in the intermediary plane of 'objective-reality'. This paper considers this neglected thread in critical interpretations of Kojève's master-slave dialectic, his philosophy of discourse, his 'end of history thesis' as well as his nude photography.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2021
Event	Kojève: here and now: international workshop 2021 - Held online Duration: 1 Sept 2021 → 3 Sept 2021

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Conference	Kojève: here and now: international workshop 2021
Period	1/09/21 → 3/09/21

Bibliographical note

Impact: The conference was by invitation only in recognition of my internationally established authority in the field of critical studies on Alexandre Kojève

Organising Body: Queen Mary University of London and Virginia Tech

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Philosophy

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Kojève's Sophia: bored girls and the philosopher in the striped pyjamas

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