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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... principle of stability and immobility within the constantly changing physical being We look to a work of art for evidence of a will seeking expression by imposing itself upon alien matter . The ascetic body is in this sense an exemplary ...
... principle of stability and immobility within the constantly changing physical being We look to a work of art for evidence of a will seeking expression by imposing itself upon alien matter . The ascetic body is in this sense an exemplary ...
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... principle hostile ” to exercises of capitalistic power ( “ Fictitious Dealings ” 170 ) . This dispute bears on the subject of this book in several ways . Max Weber identifies capitalism as a form of “ worldly asceticism , " and his ...
... principle hostile ” to exercises of capitalistic power ( “ Fictitious Dealings ” 170 ) . This dispute bears on the subject of this book in several ways . Max Weber identifies capitalism as a form of “ worldly asceticism , " and his ...
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... principle intrinsic to desire rather than an alien element imposed from the outside . In other words , desire is never limitless ; it is always resisted , and resisted from within . It is the resistance within desire between tropes of ...
... principle intrinsic to desire rather than an alien element imposed from the outside . In other words , desire is never limitless ; it is always resisted , and resisted from within . It is the resistance within desire between tropes of ...
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... principle of inauthenticity , a hint that receives surprising reinforcement from Athanasius's demonology . The besetting problem in The Life of Anthony is what to do about the demons ; and what makes demons so demonic is that they ...
... principle of inauthenticity , a hint that receives surprising reinforcement from Athanasius's demonology . The besetting problem in The Life of Anthony is what to do about the demons ; and what makes demons so demonic is that they ...
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... principle of perfect imitation that is at once the goal of the ascetic and his undoing . They mimic human behavior so perfectly that it is impossible to tell the voice of conscience from demonic whisperings , the original from the ...
... principle of perfect imitation that is at once the goal of the ascetic and his undoing . They mimic human behavior so perfectly that it is impossible to tell the voice of conscience from demonic whisperings , the original from the ...
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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