Tomás Lima Pimenta
Biographic Data
| ID | 372695 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomás Lima Pimenta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomás Lima |
| FAMILY NAME | Pimenta |
| SIGNATURE | PIMENTA T L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4614-8847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enrique Dussel's concept of modernity
This paper examines Enrique Dussel's concept of modernity by offering an intellectual reconstruction of the evolution of his thought and argues that his conception of modernity is not a reductionist idea of Eurocentrism and colonialism. It emphasizes his transdisciplinary approach, spanning from history, economic history, metaphysics, and ethics, providing a rich and unparalleled understanding of modernity. This perspective reveals crucial aspect…
Plot and complot
This paper attempts to disclose the meaning of the contemporary spread of conspiracy theories by pursuing Frederic Jameson's suggestion that conspiracy theories are symptoms of an impoverished "cognitive mapping." For that purpose, I translate the problem of cognitive mapping into a larger question of narrativity, in dialogue with the flourishing field of narrative ethics, and interpret it through the lens of critical theory and psychoanalysis. B…
The Public Trust Approach to Political Conspiracy Theories
This study argues that conspiracy theorizing essentially revolves around trust and distrust. Political conspiracy theories constitute symptoms of generalized political distrust -what I call the public trust approach to conspiracy theories. The various causes of political distrust evolve into a generalized perception of untrustworthiness. Critics of the public trust approach correctly point out that conspiracy theories have no epistemic flaws as s…
The Abyss of Right
Hegel’s interpretation of the question of poverty in modern states has been an important topic in Hegelian scholarship. His early engagement with political economy (e.g., John Locke, Adam Smith and James Steuart) and his attentiveness to social phenomena made him especially concerned with the ethical significance of poverty. Poverty is a puzzling issue for Hegel: it appears both as a necessary and unsolvable outcome of the modern rational ethical…
The “Second-Century” Marx
Introduction
The Abyss of Right
Hegel’s interpretation of the question of poverty in modern states has been an important topic in Hegelian scholarship. His early engagement with political economy (e.g., John Locke, Adam Smith and James Steuart) and his attentiveness to social phenomena made him especially concerned with the ethical significance of poverty. Poverty is a puzzling issue for Hegel: it appears both as a necessary and unsolvable outcome of the modern rational ethical…
The “Second-Century” Marx
Introduction
Plot and complot
This paper attempts to disclose the meaning of the contemporary spread of conspiracy theories by pursuing Frederic Jameson's suggestion that conspiracy theories are symptoms of an impoverished "cognitive mapping." For that purpose, I translate the problem of cognitive mapping into a larger question of narrativity, in dialogue with the flourishing field of narrative ethics, and interpret it through the lens of critical theory and psychoanalysis. B…
The Public Trust Approach to Political Conspiracy Theories
This study argues that conspiracy theorizing essentially revolves around trust and distrust. Political conspiracy theories constitute symptoms of generalized political distrust -what I call the public trust approach to conspiracy theories. The various causes of political distrust evolve into a generalized perception of untrustworthiness. Critics of the public trust approach correctly point out that conspiracy theories have no epistemic flaws as s…
Enrique Dussel's concept of modernity
This paper examines Enrique Dussel's concept of modernity by offering an intellectual reconstruction of the evolution of his thought and argues that his conception of modernity is not a reductionist idea of Eurocentrism and colonialism. It emphasizes his transdisciplinary approach, spanning from history, economic history, metaphysics, and ethics, providing a rich and unparalleled understanding of modernity. This perspective reveals crucial aspect…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Contemporary philosophy (2 works) · Continental philosophy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works)