From the Opium of the People to Acid Communism
On the dialectics of critique and intoxication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21877847 |
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| Authors | Thijs Lijster (0000-0001-7419-4045, University of Antwerp, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 221-235 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Performance Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2057-7176 • E-ISSN: 2947-5589 |
| Publisher | Performance Philosophy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21476/pp.2020.52276 |
| OpenAlex | W3007291113 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
There seems to be an inherent tension between intoxication and critique. We tend to associate intoxication with immersion, participation, and proximity, while critique is usually connected to the distance, separation, and an outsider-perspective. In this article I want to analyze this tension, but I also want to explore the possibilities, with the German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin as my guide, of a critical intoxication and/or intoxicated critique. What would be the social, political and aesthetic implications for such juxtaposition for both of these categories
Aesthetics · Art · Communism · Dialectic · Epistemology · German · Hysteria · Opium · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Highly cited | No |
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