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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... meaning and value . It can do so through an ascesis that appears to deny the body , or at least to oppose it . But , again , asceticism does not oppose the body in any simple way . For by characterizing an entire life as an " imitation ...
... meaning and value . It can do so through an ascesis that appears to deny the body , or at least to oppose it . But , again , asceticism does not oppose the body in any simple way . For by characterizing an entire life as an " imitation ...
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... meaning of the word or its applicability in this case . While they do not agree on the relation between art and capitalism , they do agree on the nature of desire . Bersani contends not only that literature is hostile to worldly power ...
... meaning of the word or its applicability in this case . While they do not agree on the relation between art and capitalism , they do agree on the nature of desire . Bersani contends not only that literature is hostile to worldly power ...
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... meaning from the letters to the heart . The heart , the silent intuition , is thus the origin of signs through intention , and the terminus of signification in understanding . In between lies the entire drama of the creation , the fall ...
... meaning from the letters to the heart . The heart , the silent intuition , is thus the origin of signs through intention , and the terminus of signification in understanding . In between lies the entire drama of the creation , the fall ...
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... meaning , but requires the “ protection ” of its parent , the “ man with knowledge . ” Writing is the lesser of the two sons of understanding : compared with " living and animate speech ” which is " written on the soul of the hearer ...
... meaning , but requires the “ protection ” of its parent , the “ man with knowledge . ” Writing is the lesser of the two sons of understanding : compared with " living and animate speech ” which is " written on the soul of the hearer ...
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... meaning of being as presence . ” We must not , this passage concludes , “ speak of a ' theological prejudice , ' functioning sporadically when it is a question of the plenitude of the logos ; the logos is theological . Infinitist ...
... meaning of being as presence . ” We must not , this passage concludes , “ speak of a ' theological prejudice , ' functioning sporadically when it is a question of the plenitude of the logos ; the logos is theological . Infinitist ...
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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