Andrew Arato
Andrew Arato (Hungarian: Arató András [ˈɒrɒtoː ɒndraːʃ]; born 22 August 1944, Budapest) is Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory in the department of sociology at The New School, best known for his influential book Civil Society and Political Theory, coauthored with Jean L. Cohen. He is also known for his work on critical theory, constitutions, and has been from 1994 to 2014 co-editor of the journal Constellations.
Thought
A distinct chronology defines Arato’s intellectual biography, which often parallels and was inspired by the evolution in thinking of opposition intellectuals in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and, most especially, in Hungary, the country of Arato’s birth. At the same time, much of his work was hammered out in conjunction with his longtime intellectual partner Jean L. Cohen and strongly influenced by the philosophical and sociological work of Jürgen Habermas.
Arato’s intellectual itinerary can be simplified into four stages: It begins with efforts to revitalize Marxism by drawing on a Hegelian Marxist philosophy of “praxis.” In a second phase, Arato worked through the corpus of Western Marxian thinkers to construct a critical theory of state socialist societies. Phase three was marked by a turn to a post-Marxist emphasis on civil society as a moral and analytical category meant to further the project of democratization in both the East and West. Finally, in his latest work, Arato engages in comparative studies of recent constitution making and has developed a theory of “post-sovereign” constitution making.
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Memento
by: UnterartI cut my name in your heart,
to assure, the memories remain.
I never will release the pain.
I cut my name in your heart,
and I know, you never will forget.
My love will be your deepest bleeding scar.
I cut my name, I cut it deep.
I take my time.
I come when you're asleep.
I'm leaving you in red and
bloodstained sheets.
I cut my name in your heart
with a knife
the sharpest I can get
as cruel as you have left my broken
heart.
I cut my name in your heart,
I want you to feel my pain.
I cut my name in your heart,
I can't live without your love.
I wanna drown in your blood.
I cut my name right in your heart,
I can live with your pain,
but I can't live, I can't live without your love.
I cut my name in your heart
with my fingernails.
I hurt what still remains.
You never will forget, forget my
name.
I cut the letters, bit by bit,
and in the end
you certainly admit,
a whisper of disease lies on your
lips.
I cut my name in your heart,
I want you to feel my pain.
I cut my name in your heart,
I can't live without your love.
I wanna drown in your blood,
I cut my name right in your heart.
I can live with your pain,
but I can't live, I can't live without your love.
Though I know it's not real,
what I want you to feel is more than unreal.
But still I want you to feel.
I cut my name in your heart,
I want you to feel my pain.
I cut my name in your heart,
I can't live without your love.
I wanna drown in your blood.
I cut my name right in your heart,
I can live with your pain,
but I can't live, I can't live without your love.
I can't live without your love.
I cut my name in your heart.
I cut my name in your heart.