Homo Patiens: Suffering as a Guidance for Social Change

Suffering centers this work, revealing hidden truths that guide personal and social change.

The book places suffering at the center of its socio-critical considerations, replacing the famous alienation motif of the Frankfurt School. It begins by critiquing the concept of alienation and its long tradition in social and political philosophy, especially in Critical Theory. An orientation towards concrete experiences of suffering then leads to comments on the current and concrete socio-cultural ...