"Isn't Art an Activity that Gives Things a Face?” Levinas on the Power of Art
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E): French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas's thinking on art goes to the very heart of the debate concerning the possibility of "thinking (or expressing/expressive) pictures". Knowing whether or not art can give things a face would enable us to ascertain whether images are capable of exceeding themselves of "articulating" a text, "uttering" a speech, or even "thinking" a thought. In this essay, I attempt to answer this question by way of a critical analysis of two of Levinas's pivotal essays on art: (1) "Reality and its Shadows" (1948); and (2) "The Transcendence of Words" (1949). Abstract (F): La pensée esthétique du philosophe français Emmanuel Levinas va jusqu'au cour des débats sur la possibilité de penser (ou d'exprimer) l'image. L'interrogation sur la possibilité de l'art de donner un « visage » aux choses, est une façon d'explorer davantage la question de savoir si les choses sont capables d'aller au-delà de leurs propres limites -et partant d'articuler un texte, d'énoncer un acte de langage, voire de penser. Dans cet article, j'essaie de trouver une réponse à ces questions en faisant une lecture critique de deux essais clé de Levinas sur l'art: La réalité et son ombre (1948) et La transcendance des mots. A propos des "Biffures" de Michel Leiris (1949).F): La pensée esthétique du philosophe français Emmanuel Levinas va jusqu'au cour des débats sur la possibilité de penser (ou d'exprimer) l'image. L'interrogation sur la possibilité de l'art de donner un « visage » aux choses, est une façon d'explorer davantage la question de savoir si les choses sont capables d'aller au-delà de leurs propres limites -et partant d'articuler un texte, d'énoncer un acte de langage, voire de penser. Dans cet article, j'essaie de trouver une réponse à ces questions en faisant une lecture critique de deux essais clé de Levinas sur l'art: La réalité et son ombre (1948) et La transcendance des mots. A propos des "Biffures" de Michel Leiris (1949). keywords: Radical passivity, the Other, detachment, image, statue To cite this article: Hofmeyer, B. "Isn't Art an Activity that Gives Things a Face?" Levinas on the Power of Art. Image [& ]Narrative [e-journal], 18 (2007). Available: http://www.imageandnarrative.be/thinking pictures/hofmeyer.htm
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تاریخ انتشار 2017