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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... reader , we could say , exist neither in opposition to each other nor are they one and the same . They exist only in a condition of mutual resistance . How badly such a concept is needed may be illustrated by a recent discussion in the ...
... reader , we could say , exist neither in opposition to each other nor are they one and the same . They exist only in a condition of mutual resistance . How badly such a concept is needed may be illustrated by a recent discussion in the ...
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... reading do not constitute true oppositions but resistances , and are therefore implicated in their own critiques as ascetic gestures which testify to the capacity of asceticism to efface even itself . I The Ideology of Asceticism ...
... reading do not constitute true oppositions but resistances , and are therefore implicated in their own critiques as ascetic gestures which testify to the capacity of asceticism to efface even itself . I The Ideology of Asceticism ...
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... readers strive for the impossible perfect imitation of Anthony . They fail , but succeed in the failure . Anthony ... reading a book . This aspect of his later iconography is odd in light of the first paragraph of the book itself , in ...
... readers strive for the impossible perfect imitation of Anthony . They fail , but succeed in the failure . Anthony ... reading a book . This aspect of his later iconography is odd in light of the first paragraph of the book itself , in ...
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... reading is considered an " affectation , ” a distraction , a token of worldliness . Anthony's aversion to letters does not , however , extend to language as a whole , for he pays extremely close attention to the readings " -- passages ...
... reading is considered an " affectation , ” a distraction , a token of worldliness . Anthony's aversion to letters does not , however , extend to language as a whole , for he pays extremely close attention to the readings " -- passages ...
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... readers that he is awaiting his martyrdom “ with all the passion of a lover ” ( 106 ) , and sees himself as God's " wheat , ground fine by the lions ' teeth to be made purest bread for Christ " ( 104 ) . No torture would be too extreme ...
... readers that he is awaiting his martyrdom “ with all the passion of a lover ” ( 106 ) , and sees himself as God's " wheat , ground fine by the lions ' teeth to be made purest bread for Christ " ( 104 ) . No torture would be too extreme ...
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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