Choreographies of Consent
Clarice Lispector's Epistemology of Ignorance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16715528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rocío Pichon-Rivière (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Postmodern Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-1920 • E-ISSN: 1053-1920 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/pmc.2020.0019 |
| OpenAlex | W3118247618 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay argues that, after studying law, Clarice Lispector never abandoned her engagement with political theory, and shows that her fiction and chronicles were a continuation of her philosophy of law by other means. Lispector developed an epistemology of ignorance through the analysis of two key social practices: "choreographies of consent" and "orchestrated oblivion." In light of a 1941 article published in a law school journal, the essay traces the development of Lispector's increasingly complex conceptions of law and examines how she adapted them when historical events forced her to confront willful ignorance as a pervasive condition of possibility for the social reproduction of injustice
Economic Justice · Epistemology · Ignorance · Injustice · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Veil of ignorance · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |