Courtney Sloey
Biographic Data
| ID | 9518355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney Sloey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney |
| FAMILY NAME | Sloey |
| SIGNATURE | SLOEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Writing the Manic Subject
This essay questions the reading of Plato's Phaedrus according to which writing is understood as a mechanism of objectivity and critical distance. Plato's denomination of writing as a “pharmakon” (a poison/cure) indicates a deep ambiguity in his definition of writing—an ambiguity embodied in Phaedrus's written speech. The speech triggers both critical analysis and a simultaneous “rhetorical passivity,” whereby upon hearing the speech Socrates is …
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Writing the Manic Subject
This essay questions the reading of Plato's Phaedrus according to which writing is understood as a mechanism of objectivity and critical distance. Plato's denomination of writing as a “pharmakon” (a poison/cure) indicates a deep ambiguity in his definition of writing—an ambiguity embodied in Phaedrus's written speech. The speech triggers both critical analysis and a simultaneous “rhetorical passivity,” whereby upon hearing the speech Socrates is …
Ambiguity (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Objectivity (philosophy) (1 work) · Passivity (1 work)