Alain Badiou’s Mallarmé: From the Structural Dialectic to the Poetry of the Event

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Boncardo
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Czeslaw Milosz ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

This third chapter tracks Alain Badiou’s reading of Mallarmé, beginning with his extensive treatment of the poet in his first and most politically-committed work, Theory of the Subject, where Mallarmé figures as a liminal figure: an ingenious political conservative whose insights need to be integrated yet surpassed by Badiou, the political radical. The chapter then turns to Badiou’s post-Being and Event work and offers a close reading of the latter book’s treatment of Mallarmé before investigating Mallarmé’s political significance for Badiou in this second stage of his philosophical career. Through a reading of Badiou’s polemic with Czeslaw Milosz in Handbook of Inaesthetics, the chapter argues that Mallarmé becomes an unequivocal comrade for Badiou in his post-Being and Event period: a resolute egalitarian who points the way towards the advent of a generic humanity.

Liberdade e Direitos Humanos no Pensamento de Richard Price

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 119-145
Author(s):  
José Gomes André ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

This paper is concerned with the political philosophy of Richard Price, analysing the way this author has developed the concept of liberty and the problem of human rights. The theme of liberty will be interpreted in a double perspective: a) in a private dimension, that sets liberty in the inner side of the individual; b) in a public dimension, that places it in the domain of a manifest action of the individual. We will try to show how this double outlook of liberty is conceived under the optics of a necessary complementarity, since liberty, which is primarily understood as a feature of the subject taken as an individual, acquires only a full meaning when she becomes efective in a comunitary field, as a social and political expression. The concept of human rights will appear located in this analysis, being defined simultaneously as condition and expression of the human dignity and happiness, at the same time natural attributes of an individual that should be cultivated and public effectiveness that contributes to the development of society.

‘It's all in Plato’: Platonism, Cambridge Platonism, and C.S. Lewis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
James Bryson
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Spiritual Journey ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cambridge Platonism ◽  
Henry More ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Crucial Part ◽  
The Way ◽  
Platonic Tradition

In 1924 C.S. Lewis began work on a doctoral dissertation, the subject of which was to be the Cambridge Platonist Henry More (1614–1687). A number of scholars gloss this important moment in Lewis's intellectual and spiritual journey, and some offer penetrating, if cursory, analysis of how Lewis's close reading of More would have helped to shape the young scholar's philosophical and theological imagination. These important contributions notwithstanding, the influence of More and, by extension, the Platonic tradition longue durée are not properly understood in Lewis scholarship. This article argues that Cambridge Platonism and Henry More in particular were a crucial part of Lewis's initiation into, and appropriation of, the Platonic tradition. The tradition of Platonism to which the Cambridge Platonists introduced Lewis shaped the way he thought about a number of topics central to his own moral, philosophical, and religious outlook, including the relationship between the moral and the numinous, and imagination and reality, but also pneumatology, angelology, and his understanding of the supernatural, miracles, prophetic wisdom, and, especially, the nature of love.

The Danaid Tetralogy of Aeschylus

1957 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Diamantopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
Literary Source ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
The Way

The humour of the passage in the Frogs (1419 ff.), in which the tragic poets reply with riddles on burning political issues, is explicable: research on the Eumenides shows that in this play Aeschylus projected political notions in much the way that he is presented by Aristophanes speaking in the Frogs: concentrating the attention of the spectator on the past of the Areopagus and on the circumstance of its foundation, he touches directly on the question which arose in 462–1 through the abolition of the political competence of this body, but he replies to it through a parable which is enigmatic for us. It is obviously such an expression as this that Aristophanes had in mind. It rests with philological and historical criticism to show whether in surviving tragedies other than Eumenides themes of an immediate public interest are put forward under the cover of myth, themes which, through ignorance of the date or of the exact conditions of the composition of the plays, have so far not been revealed. This essay examines from this point of view the Danaid tetralogy of Aeschylus.The subject of the Danaid tetralogy is taken from the story of Danaos and his daughters. For this, Aeschylus could draw on both a literary source, the Danais, and probably also on Argive traditions.Very little is known about the Danais. It did, however, include an account of the events which took place in Egypt between the houses of Danaos and Aigyptos, and it is likely, therefore, that it traced the course of this quarrel from the beginning.

Book reviews - Schrödinger: life and thought

1990 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-315
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Erwin Schrödinger ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Major Figure ◽  
Great Energy ◽  
The Way

Walter Moore, Schrödinger: life and thought Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. 513, £25.00. ISBN 0-521-35434-X. Erwin Schrödinger, as one of the most famous physicists of this century, amply merits a book, and it is warmly to be welcomed that Walter Moore has taken on the task of writing one with great energy. To talk about any major figure in science is a big undertaking, the more so if, as in this case, the author attempts to make clear to a wider audience the scientific contributions of the subject. Indeed, one may well regard Schrödinger as demanding a broader canvas than most, since there is a most-complex interplay of the scientific, the personal, and the political-historical factors to be described. There can be only admiration for the way in which Walter Moore has woven these elements together and made a readable, if massive, whole of it. Indeed, it is intriguing to see how the author has come to grips with so elusive a personality. The chosen method is historical, starting with a substantial treatment of Schrödinger’s ancestry. Inevitably, this means that there have to be jumps of aspect, and it is not always easy for the ‘dipping in’ reader to discover where to find the continuation or beginning of a particular detail. Thus, in my impatient way, I never discovered who the mother of Schrödinger’s second daughter was. The fascination of Schrödinger’s character and life come across very well, but it is hardly to be expected that such a complex personality is ‘understood’ by the reader.

Treatment as (re-)Habituation: From Psychopathology to (re-)Actualised Subjectivity

2018 ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
Wes Furlotte
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
The Political ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Finite Subjectivity

Chapter eight outlines how Hegel’s analysis seeks to overcome the problem of nature entailed by his conception of mental illness. It offers, therefore, a reconstruction of Hegel’s analysis of the category of habit. The chapter outlines the duplicitous signification of habit. First, habit expresses spirit’s liberating activity. It binds, unifies, the body’s manifold of instincts and drives as a singular whole. Second, spirit’s reconstructive activity takes the shape of a natural effect. The chapter argues that Hegel’s concept of habit shows itself as crucial to the problem of psychopathology and therefore nature: it combines the multitude of natural drives etc. within the unified simplicity of a subjective totality. Habit, therefore, is the grounding process that allows for the stabilized (re-)emergence of the subject out of its over-immersion in natural determinations. A close reading of habit, however, reveals that there is nothing that guarantees the problem of nature has been permanently ‘sublated.’ To the contrary, the chapter contends that what Hegel’s analysis shows is how closely bound the problem of nature is to his conception of finite subjectivity and freedom. Taking this to be the case allows for this question: how does nature factor in objective spirit, i.e. the political register?

Admirals as Heroes: Patriotism and Liberty in Hanoverian England

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Jordan ◽  
Nicholas Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Popular Politics ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

In recent years historians have significantly broadened the parameters of popular politics in the eighteenth century to include the ceremonial and associational aspects of political life, what might be aptly described as popular political culture. Whereas the subject of popular politics was conventionally confined to the programmatic campaigns of post-1760 radicals and to the crucial but episodic phenomenon of popular disturbance, historians have become increasingly attentive to the anniversaries, thanksgivings, processions, and parades—to the realm of symbolism and ritual—that were very much a part of Georgian society. This cultural perspective has radically revised our notion of the “popular,” which can no longer be consigned unproblematically to the actions and aspirations of the subaltern classes but to the complex interplay of all groups that had a stake in the extraparliamentary terrain. It has also broadened our notion of the “political” beyond the confines of Parliament, the hustings, and even the press to include the theater of the street and the marketplace with their balladry, pageantry, and iconography, both ribald and solemn.Within this context, the theme of the admiral-as-hero in Georgian society will be explored by focusing on Admiral Edward Vernon, the most popular admiral of the mid-eighteenth century, and Horatio Nelson, whose feats and flamboyance are better known. Of particular interest is the way in which their popularity was ideologically constructed and exploited at home. This might seem an unorthodox position to take. Naval biographers have assumed that the popularity of admirals flowed naturally and spontaneously from their spectacular victories and exemplary feats of valor. This may be taken as a truism. But it does not entirely explain their appeal.

Kierkegaard and the Self-Conscious Literary Tradition: An Interpretation of the Ludic Aspects of Kierkegaard’s Pseudonymous Authorship from a Literary-Historical Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
The Self ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Literary Techniques ◽  
Metaphysical Principle ◽  
The Way

AbstractKierkegaard’s pseudonymous authorship is characterized by a profusion of literary techniques that belong to the tradition of the ludic or selfconscious novel (the fiction that makes its fictionality manifest). In the present contribution the self-conscious literary plays carried out by Kierkegaard will be interpreted from the perspective of the philosophy of the subject, since both the self-conscious novel and Kierkegaard’s production can be related to this philosophical tradition. The article is organized as follows: first appears a very brief sketch of the way in which self-conscious literature and the philosophy of the subject are related. After this, follows a commentary on the notion of individuality in On the Concept of Irony. Kierkegaard’s dissertation is read as a work in the tradition of the philosophy of the subject that, at the same time, surpasses the idea of subjectivity as metaphysical principle. Finally, a close reading of Either/Or intends to show how Kierkegaard develops his ideas about subjectivity in a literary frame-that of the self-conscious novel

scholarly journals Financiamento de campanhas eleitorais no brasil: uma análise legislativa, doutrinária e judicial

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Nunes Apolinário ◽  
Tatiana Afonso Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
The Political ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
Electoral Campaign ◽  
De Se ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Campaign Financing ◽  
The Way

 RESUMOO presente trabalho é resultado de uma pesquisa de cunho e metodologia bibliográfico e documental, e discute o financiamento de campanhas eleitorais como um dos temas dentro do grande debate da reforma política. Em um primeiro momento, elucida-se de que forma o financiamento de campanhas está inserido na reforma política. Posteriormente, passa-se a uma análise do histórico legislativo brasileiro sobre o tema do financiamento de campanhas eleitorais. Também são expostos alguns dos argumentos contrários e favoráveis aos sistemas público e privado de financiamento, além de se abordar de que forma se configura o atual sistema (misto). Ademais, abordar-se-á o estado da questão, que foi recentemente debatido pela Suprema Corte brasileira. Por fim, versa-se sobre a chegada da demanda ao STF como um caso de judicialização da política. Como resultados conclusivos da pesquisa, temos que: o financiamento de campanhas passou a ser regrado no Brasil à medida que o dinheiro passou a aumentar sua importância dentro dos diversos setores da sociedade; cada sistema apresenta aspectos positivos e negativos, e deve-se fazer uma boa análise a fim de se indicar o mais adequado à democracia brasileira; e, por fim, a questão sendo discutida no judiciário, mesmo trazendo à tona as discussões sobre o financiamento de campanhas e a reforma política, convidando a sociedade a debater sobre o tema, acaba por se transformar em mais um caso de judicialização da política no Brasil.PALAVRAS-CHAVEDemocracia. Financiamento de Campanhas Eleitorais. Reforma Política.ABSTRACTThis paper is the result of a bibliographical-documental research and discusses the electoral campaigns financing as one of the themes inside the political reform debate. At first, it elucidates how the campaigns financing is inserted in political reform. After that, it goes to an analysis of Brazilian legislative historical about the subject of electoral campaign financing. Some favourable and contrary arguments to private and public financings are exposed, moving further to an approach about the way Brazilian system is nowadays (mixed). Furthermore, the text treats of the question’s current pertinence, which has been recently debated by Brazilian Supreme Court. Finally, it deals with the litigation arrival to the STF as a case of politics judicialization. As conclusive results of the investigation, we have that the campaigns financing started being ruled in Brazil as soon as money had its importance increased in different sectors of society; each system presents negative and positive aspects and we must make a good analysis in order to point the most suitable to Brazilian democracy; and, finally, the subject being discussed in judiciary, although bringing to light the discussions about. campaigns financing and political reform, inviting society to debate about. the theme, ends by becoming one more case of politics judicialization in Brazil.KEYWORDSDemocracy. Electoral Campaigns Financing. Political Reform. 

Leone de' Sommi and Jewish Theatre in Renaissance Mantua

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
Donald Beecher
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Social Negotiations ◽  
Renaissance Artist ◽  
The Way

This is a study of a Renaissance artist and his patrons, but with an added complication, insofar as Leone de' Sommi, the gifted academician and playwright in the employ of the dukes of Mantua in the second half of the sixteenth century, was Jewish and a lifelong promoter and protector of his community. The article deals with the complex relationship between the court and the Jewish "università" concerning the drama and the way in which dramatic performances also became part of the political, judicial and social negotiations between the two parties, as well as a study of Leone's role as playwright and negotiator during a period that was arguably one of the best of times for the Jews of Mantua.

“I'd make thee eat the mischief thou hast vented”: Discourse of Law in Ben Jonson's Catiline His Conspiracy

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-45
Author(s):  
Akihiko Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Gunpowder Plot ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Legal Procedures ◽  
The Way

This essay explores the discourse of law that constitutes the controversial apprehension of Cicero's issuing of the ultimate decree of the Senate (senatus consultum ultimum) in Catiline. The play juxtaposes the struggle of Cicero, whose moral character and legitimacy are at stake in regards to the extra-legal uses of espionage, with the supposedly mischievous Catilinarians who appear to observe legal procedures more carefully throughout their plot. To mitigate this ambivalence, the play defends Cicero's actions by depicting the way in which Cicero establishes the rhetoric of public counsel to convince the citizens of his legitimacy in his unprecedented dealing with Catiline. To understand the contemporaneousness of Catiline, I will explore the way the play integrates the early modern discourses of counsel and the legal maxim of ‘better to suffer an inconvenience than mischief,’ suggesting Jonson's subtle sensibility towards King James's legal reformation which aimed to establish and deploy monarchical authority in the state of emergency (such as the Gunpowder Plot of 1605). The play's climactic trial scene highlights the display of the collected evidence, such as hand-written letters and the testimonies obtained through Cicero's spies, the Allbroges, as proof of Catiline's mischievous character. I argue that the tactical negotiating skills of the virtuous and vicious characters rely heavily on the effective use of rhetoric exemplified by both the political discourse of classical Rome and the legal discourse of Tudor and Jacobean England.

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