Aesthetic Negation and Citation
Levinas, Agnon and the Paradox of Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21792302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence E Harvey (0000-0002-2099-8846, University of Winchester, corresponding author), Lawrence Harvey (University of Winchester) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 114-124 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative and Continental Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0638 • E-ISSN: 1757-0646 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17570638.2021.1975762 |
| OpenAlex | W3201213533 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Prima facie, the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas would seem to be inherently averse to literature as an ethical mode. Indeed, in his early work, up to and including Totality and Infinity (1961), literary art is often censured with what amounts to Platonic zeal. However, as I will demonstrate, this criticism stands alongside what is seemingly an incongruous use of literary art as a means of ethical exemplification. By exploring this tension, I will show how the contra-epistemic aesthetic of S. Y. Agnon (1888–1970) can be read within ethical terms consistent with Levinas’s philosophical position
Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Exemplification · Infinity · Linguistics · Literature · Negation · Prima facie · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |