Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown

Tämä tutkielma on teoreettinen ja konseptuaalinen analyysi ajattelusta ja ajattelemattomuudesta nykypäivän yhteiskunnissa. Tarkastelen Hannah Arendtin ja Wendy Brownin valittuja teoksia ja kehitän näiden pohjalta argumentin kriittisen ajattelun puolesta. Lisäksi myös tunnistan ja analysoin ajattelem...

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Päätekijä: Fredriksson, Elias
Muut tekijät: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2025
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description Tämä tutkielma on teoreettinen ja konseptuaalinen analyysi ajattelusta ja ajattelemattomuudesta nykypäivän yhteiskunnissa. Tarkastelen Hannah Arendtin ja Wendy Brownin valittuja teoksia ja kehitän näiden pohjalta argumentin kriittisen ajattelun puolesta. Lisäksi myös tunnistan ja analysoin ajattelemattomuuden negatiivisia poliittisia ja sosiaalisia seurauksia uusliberalismin ja nihilismin viitekehyksien kautta. Johdannon ja päätösluvun ohella tämä työ on jaettu kolmeen osaan, joista kahdessa ensimmäisessä esittelen keskeisimmät käsitteet ja ideat sekä analysoin ajattelun ja ajattelemattomuuden konsepteja Arendtin ja Brownin teksteissä. Kolmannessa pääluvussa siirryn tuottamaan kokonaisvaltaisemman ja näiden kahden teoreetikon tuotannolle rakentuvan analyysin nykypäivän ajattelemattomuudesta. Tutkielmani tulokset osoittavat, että ajattelemattomuus, nihilismi ja uusliberalismi ovat kietoutuneet yhteen aikamme yhteiskunnissa, ja että tämä uhkaa vakavasti yksilön moraalia, autonomiaa ja vapautta. Tulokseni viittaavat myös ajattelemattomuuden olevan kytköksissä arvojemme ja kokemamme merkityksellisyyden eroosioihin, ja että kyvyttömyytemme jakaa maailmaa muiden kanssa on kriittinen osa demokratian ja kollektiivisen elämän tällä hetkellä kohtaamia kamppailuja. Tuon myös esille Arendtin ja Brownin tärkeitä havaintoja ja ideoita siitä, miten ajattelemattomuutta voi vastustaa ja miten voimme palauttaa merkityksellisyyttä yhteiskuntaamme. This thesis is a theoretical and conceptual analysis of thinking and thoughtlessness in contemporary societies. I examine selected works by Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown and construct an argument for the importance of critical thinking based on this comparative reading. Furthermore, I also identify and analyse the detrimental political and social consequences of thoughtlessness within the framework of neoliberalism and nihilism. In addition to the introductory and concluding chapters, the main structure of the thesis is divided into three parts. In the first two I introduce the relevant concepts and analyse thinking and thoughtlessness in Arendt´s and Brown´s work, and in the last one I produce an analysis of contemporary thoughtlessness that reflects and builds on the main contributions by the two thinkers. The results of my analysis show that thoughtlessness, nihilism and neoliberalism are intertwined in contemporary societies, which presents a serious threat for individual morality, autonomy and freedom. Moreover, my thesis indicates that thoughtlessness is deeply related to the erosion of values and loss of meaning, and that this failure to share the world with others is an integral part of the present struggles facing democracy and collective life. Lastly, I also suggest that Arendt and Brown have developed crucial insights on how to resist thoughtlessness and begin to render the world meaningful again.
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title Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
title_full Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
title_fullStr Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
title_full_unstemmed Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
title_short Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness
title_sort jeremiahs of thoughtlessness analyzing the crisis of thinking with hannah arendt and wendy brown
title_sub analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
title_txtP Jeremiahs of thoughtlessness : analyzing the crisis of thinking with Hannah Arendt and Wendy Brown
topic thoughtlessness critique Hannah Arendt Wendy Brown Valtio-oppi Political Science nihilismi poliittinen filosofia politiikka filosofia ajattelu kriittinen ajattelu politiikantutkimus demokratia uusliberalismi
topic_facet Hannah Arendt Political Science Valtio-oppi Wendy Brown ajattelu critique demokratia filosofia kriittinen ajattelu nihilismi poliittinen filosofia politiikantutkimus politiikka thoughtlessness uusliberalismi
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