Diderot and the Enlightenment’s Poetics of Confusion in the Lettre sur les aveugles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20063231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C O’neal (corresponding author), John C O'Neal |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 93-104 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Progressive Poetics Confusion (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Lexington Books (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5771/9781611490251-93 |
| OpenAlex | W2476497535 |
| ISBN | 9781611490251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Like many European thinkers, Diderot found confusion to be the general reaction of the blind man who has recovered his sight and then is asked to name a cube and a sphere he could not touch. He paradoxically uses the state of confusion both as a behaviour to be avoided through analytic methodology and as a necessary condition for enlightenment. Moreover, he would make of it a state to be maintained and not always to be avoided. Taking an inherently philosophical position, he believed that confusion ultimately defines our humanity and that it could lead us to a new realism
Aesthetics · Astronomy · Confusion · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Humanity · Linguistics · Physics · Poetics · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Realism · Sight · Theology · Computer Science · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2008 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |