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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... with an extraordinarily useful concept , that of resistance . Ethics is grounded in the notion of resistance to temptation , but the concept can and should be generalized , in ways I try to suggest throughout the XV Introduction.
... with an extraordinarily useful concept , that of resistance . Ethics is grounded in the notion of resistance to temptation , but the concept can and should be generalized , in ways I try to suggest throughout the XV Introduction.
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... notion on both sides . Both believe that art can provide a responsive “ resistance ” to exercises of power , but neither seems to understand the full meaning of the word or its applicability in this case . While they do not agree on the ...
... notion on both sides . Both believe that art can provide a responsive “ resistance ” to exercises of power , but neither seems to understand the full meaning of the word or its applicability in this case . While they do not agree on the ...
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... notions of “ conceptual narrative , ” the ethics of pictorial representation , the “ passion ” of representation , and the relation between asceticism and the sublime . The fourth part explores efforts by Nietzsche and Foucault to ...
... notions of “ conceptual narrative , ” the ethics of pictorial representation , the “ passion ” of representation , and the relation between asceticism and the sublime . The fourth part explores efforts by Nietzsche and Foucault to ...
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... notions ( culture , nature , truth , economics , foundationalism , or idealism of any kind ) are ascertainable beyond dispute . Today's Arians argue that in this world everything is worldly , and subject to time , change , and mediation ...
... notions ( culture , nature , truth , economics , foundationalism , or idealism of any kind ) are ascertainable beyond dispute . Today's Arians argue that in this world everything is worldly , and subject to time , change , and mediation ...
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... notion that illuminates both demons and signs . We can call “ demonic ” any obstruction of reference , any impediment to understanding . In their structural disorder , the " temptations of St. Anthony " represented by Schöngauer ...
... notion that illuminates both demons and signs . We can call “ demonic ” any obstruction of reference , any impediment to understanding . In their structural disorder , the " temptations of St. Anthony " represented by Schöngauer ...
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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