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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... position . Left , St. Sebastian ; center , " The Crucifixion " ; right , St. Anthony ; below , " The Lamentation . " 147 8. Isenheim Altar , second position . Left , “ The Annunciation ” ; center , “ The Heavenly Choir ” and “ The ...
... position . Left , St. Sebastian ; center , " The Crucifixion " ; right , St. Anthony ; below , " The Lamentation . " 147 8. Isenheim Altar , second position . Left , “ The Annunciation ” ; center , “ The Heavenly Choir ” and “ The ...
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... position of extraordinary prominence in the histories of Western ethics and spirituality . Standing at the origin of the literary tradition that contributed so crucially to the novel , the text is equally important in the history of ...
... position of extraordinary prominence in the histories of Western ethics and spirituality . Standing at the origin of the literary tradition that contributed so crucially to the novel , the text is equally important in the history of ...
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... position , when he portrays Anthony warning his listeners against thinking that I am merely talking ” ( Keenan 39 ) . Mere speech is just plausible noise unconnected by any “ natural bond " to truth or the heart . To a logocentrist ...
... position , when he portrays Anthony warning his listeners against thinking that I am merely talking ” ( Keenan 39 ) . Mere speech is just plausible noise unconnected by any “ natural bond " to truth or the heart . To a logocentrist ...
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... position could be more at odds with Bakhtin's , for it treats language as a ready - made system passively assimilated by the speaker . For Saussure , and for his descendents in transformational grammer ( Chomsky ) and speech - act ...
... position could be more at odds with Bakhtin's , for it treats language as a ready - made system passively assimilated by the speaker . For Saussure , and for his descendents in transformational grammer ( Chomsky ) and speech - act ...
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... position is already visible when Athanasius mentions thc uscfulness of his own text in effecting imitations by others of Anthony's example . To a great extent ascetic discipline is a science of imitation made possible by the mimetic ...
... position is already visible when Athanasius mentions thc uscfulness of his own text in effecting imitations by others of Anthony's example . To a great extent ascetic discipline is a science of imitation made possible by the mimetic ...
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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