Anti-Metaphysical Diary. "Notebooks" by Emil M. Cioran
An Outline
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21486513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maciej Libich (0000-0002-8536-3315, Uniwersytet SWPS), Stanisław Jędrczak (0000-0002-4814-2409, Uniwersytet SWPS) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155-171 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio FF – Philologiae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0239-426X • E-ISSN: 2449-853X |
| Publisher | Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17951/ff.2021.39.1.155-171 |
| OpenAlex | W4200214665 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The authors discuss Notebooks by Emil Cioran. The first part of the article is devoted to the literary aspects of Cioran’s essential writings – the notes are analyzed from an anthropological and genetic perspective in order to present their purpose and function in Cioran’s output. The second part discusses the philosophical aspects of Notebooks . The authors – applying hermeneutics as a general method of interpreting philosophical texts – present Cioran’s philosophical intuitions as a literary strategy that allows him to include his own metaphysics in strictly autobiographical writings. However, the authors point to the limitations of this strategy and suggest reading Cioran’s Notebooks as a reflection on his own work that focuses on the theme of the inability to create
Art · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphysics · Alexander von Humboldt Studies · Computer Science · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |