The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and CriticismUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 janv. 2011 - 344 pages In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us. |
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... , as anyone who works in this way understands , carry with them other duties , other rigors . To see how these tight and loose senses work together , consider a a a typical ascetic trope , a description by the pseudo xiii Introduction.
... , as anyone who works in this way understands , carry with them other duties , other rigors . To see how these tight and loose senses work together , consider a a a typical ascetic trope , a description by the pseudo xiii Introduction.
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... considering in particular the “ immortality ” of corporations and the " fictitious dealing " of the stock market , the differences between the infinite verbal and the finite physical are far from absolute and that art's “ excessive ...
... considering in particular the “ immortality ” of corporations and the " fictitious dealing " of the stock market , the differences between the infinite verbal and the finite physical are far from absolute and that art's “ excessive ...
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... consider it marvelous if a ruler writes to us , for he is a man . Marvel , instead , that God wrote the law for mankind , and has spoken to us through his own Son ” ( 81 : 89 ) . Even God's writing requires phonemic redemption ; even ...
... consider it marvelous if a ruler writes to us , for he is a man . Marvel , instead , that God wrote the law for mankind , and has spoken to us through his own Son ” ( 81 : 89 ) . Even God's writing requires phonemic redemption ; even ...
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... Consider , finally , the negative . As has often been noted , the negative does not exist in nature , only in language . It stands , therefore , as a token of the purely linguistic , and , of course , as the essence of asceticism in all ...
... Consider , finally , the negative . As has often been noted , the negative does not exist in nature , only in language . It stands , therefore , as a token of the purely linguistic , and , of course , as the essence of asceticism in all ...
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Table des matières
II Discipline and Desire in Augustines Confessions | 89 |
Grünewalds Isenheim Altar | 135 |
IV Philosophy and the Resistance to Asceticism | 201 |
V The Ascetics of Interpretation | 237 |
Notes | 271 |
Works Cited | 297 |
Index | 315 |
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