Arthur Cools
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur Cools |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur |
| FAMILY NAME | Cools |
| SIGNATURE | COOLS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6531-4500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Elemental Imagination
The notion of the elemental is central to the works of John Sallis on imagination. In this article, I examine and deepen the “bond” he sees between the anteriority of the elemental and the force of bringing forth that is characteristic of the imagination. I set up the hypothesis of a structural dependence of the imagination on the elemental, and I start with a radical reduction of any use of the faculty of imagining, in order to solely focus on t…
Gagarin Sixty Years Later: Earth and Place after Heidegger and Levinas
In this article I re-examine the well-known distinction between rootedness and uprootedness that Emmanuel Levinas draws in his short text “Heidegger, Gagarin and Us” (1961). This distinction addresses the relation between men and place either as an attachment to place (paganism, Heidegger) or as a freedom with regard to place (Judaism, Gagarin). I question this opposition from a contemporary perspective in environmental philosophy, namely from th…
Levinas and Literature: New Directions
Kafka and the Universal
Kafka’s work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka’s writings but also about the…
La modernité à l’épreuve de la peinture: Une approche du sens critique des derniers tableaux de Malévitch
Introduction Les réflexions élaborées dans cet article se rapportent à la dernière période (1928-1932) de Kazimir Malévitch, devenu célèbre par le « Carré noir » (1914) qui a inauguré le suprématisme. En dépit de l’ouverture vers l’abstraction, caractéristique du suprématisme, on constate dans les derniers tableaux un retour au figuratif. Les figures sont certes très réduites, mais tout de même reconnaissables comme figures humaines ou têtes d’ho…
Revisiting the Il y a: Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas on the Question of Subjectivity
The il y a is the site of an important encounter between the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot. Shortly after World War II, Levinas introduced the concept of il y a as a critique of Heidegger’s notion of ‘es gibt’ and in direct reference to Blanchot’s first novel, Thomas l’Obscur.1 In Literature and the Right to Death (1947), Blanchot acknowledged the importance of this notion in a footnote dedicated to Levinas’s publication of De l’…
Revisiting the Il y a: Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas on the Question of Subjectivity
The il y a is the site of an important encounter between the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot. Shortly after World War II, Levinas introduced the concept of il y a as a critique of Heidegger’s notion of ‘es gibt’ and in direct reference to Blanchot’s first novel, Thomas l’Obscur.1 In Literature and the Right to Death (1947), Blanchot acknowledged the importance of this notion in a footnote dedicated to Levinas’s publication of De l’…
Revisiting the Il y a: Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas on the Question of Subjectivity
The il y a is the site of an important encounter between the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Maurice Blanchot. Shortly after World War II, Levinas introduced the concept of il y a as a critique of Heidegger’s notion of ‘es gibt’ and in direct reference to Blanchot’s first novel, Thomas l’Obscur.1 In Literature and the Right to Death (1947), Blanchot acknowledged the importance of this notion in a footnote dedicated to Levinas’s publication of De l’…
Kafka and the Universal
Kafka’s work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka’s writings but also about the…
La modernité à l’épreuve de la peinture: Une approche du sens critique des derniers tableaux de Malévitch
Introduction Les réflexions élaborées dans cet article se rapportent à la dernière période (1928-1932) de Kazimir Malévitch, devenu célèbre par le « Carré noir » (1914) qui a inauguré le suprématisme. En dépit de l’ouverture vers l’abstraction, caractéristique du suprématisme, on constate dans les derniers tableaux un retour au figuratif. Les figures sont certes très réduites, mais tout de même reconnaissables comme figures humaines ou têtes d’ho…
Levinas and Literature: New Directions
Gagarin Sixty Years Later: Earth and Place after Heidegger and Levinas
In this article I re-examine the well-known distinction between rootedness and uprootedness that Emmanuel Levinas draws in his short text “Heidegger, Gagarin and Us” (1961). This distinction addresses the relation between men and place either as an attachment to place (paganism, Heidegger) or as a freedom with regard to place (Judaism, Gagarin). I question this opposition from a contemporary perspective in environmental philosophy, namely from th…
Elemental Imagination
The notion of the elemental is central to the works of John Sallis on imagination. In this article, I examine and deepen the “bond” he sees between the anteriority of the elemental and the force of bringing forth that is characteristic of the imagination. I set up the hypothesis of a structural dependence of the imagination on the elemental, and I start with a radical reduction of any use of the faculty of imagining, in order to solely focus on t…
Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · 1883-1924 (1 works) · Christianity (1 works) · Contemporary Cultural and Social Studies (1 works) · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies (1 works)