Gal Katz
Biographic Data
| ID | 9498136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gal Katz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gal |
| FAMILY NAME | Katz |
| SIGNATURE | KATZ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6822-448X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hegel on Nature in Politics
In recent years, the ancient concept of second nature has become the focus of a growing volume of Hegel-related work in ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of mind, and action theory. And for good reason: second nature allows us to think across, and seeks to bridge, fundamental antagonisms that have haunted modern philosophy since its inception – between the realm of law and the realm of reasons, necessity and freedom, inclination and duty. In …
‘The Power to Die’
Explicating a concept that Hegel coins in his early writings, this paper shows how death—which initially appears as an absolute limitation on human freedom—can be understood as its condition. Understood as ‘the power to die’, our mortality becomes the freedom to negate any determination whatsoever, much as to own and value some determinations. The last section juxtaposes this agentive understanding of mortality against Hegel’s ideal of modern Eth…
Sex and the city
Like some ‘second wave’ feminists, Rousseau believes that modern sexual practices are not a manifestation of a newfound autonomy—rather, they reflect its systemic deprivation. Drawing on his critique of libertine culture in eighteenth century Paris, I show how even consensual sex may lead to a chronic deficit of recognition, coupled with psychological misery. To avoid such discontents, sexual freedom must include a satisfying sexual recognition. …
Not Exactly White
Drawing on Lacan and Winnicott, the author explores the idea that racial difference is dynamically reconfigured in interpersonal space, emerging from the flow of desire between two (or more) people. The argument does not deny—indeed, it presupposes—that race is a socially-constructed given, which delimits or constrains the interaction. And yet, interpersonal space can become a potential space through which we rework and refashion such social cons…
Finite freedom
The article argues that Hegel's glorification of self‐sacrifice in war is grounded in a commitment to individual freedom. Anticipating the existentialists, Hegel believes that being a human individual—a subject who strives to self‐determination and “infinite uniqueness”—involves a contradiction with one's externally determined finitude, which evokes shame and fear of death. In modern civil society, many individuals experience their finite lives a…
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Finite freedom
The article argues that Hegel's glorification of self‐sacrifice in war is grounded in a commitment to individual freedom. Anticipating the existentialists, Hegel believes that being a human individual—a subject who strives to self‐determination and “infinite uniqueness”—involves a contradiction with one's externally determined finitude, which evokes shame and fear of death. In modern civil society, many individuals experience their finite lives a…
Not Exactly White
Drawing on Lacan and Winnicott, the author explores the idea that racial difference is dynamically reconfigured in interpersonal space, emerging from the flow of desire between two (or more) people. The argument does not deny—indeed, it presupposes—that race is a socially-constructed given, which delimits or constrains the interaction. And yet, interpersonal space can become a potential space through which we rework and refashion such social cons…
Sex and the city
Like some ‘second wave’ feminists, Rousseau believes that modern sexual practices are not a manifestation of a newfound autonomy—rather, they reflect its systemic deprivation. Drawing on his critique of libertine culture in eighteenth century Paris, I show how even consensual sex may lead to a chronic deficit of recognition, coupled with psychological misery. To avoid such discontents, sexual freedom must include a satisfying sexual recognition. …
Hegel on Nature in Politics
In recent years, the ancient concept of second nature has become the focus of a growing volume of Hegel-related work in ethics, social philosophy, philosophy of mind, and action theory. And for good reason: second nature allows us to think across, and seeks to bridge, fundamental antagonisms that have haunted modern philosophy since its inception – between the realm of law and the realm of reasons, necessity and freedom, inclination and duty. In …
‘The Power to Die’
Explicating a concept that Hegel coins in his early writings, this paper shows how death—which initially appears as an absolute limitation on human freedom—can be understood as its condition. Understood as ‘the power to die’, our mortality becomes the freedom to negate any determination whatsoever, much as to own and value some determinations. The last section juxtaposes this agentive understanding of mortality against Hegel’s ideal of modern Eth…
Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hegel (2 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · second nature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)