Klossowski and His Simulacra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darin S Mcginnis (0000-0003-0787-7633, Wheeling Jesuit University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12462 |
| OpenAlex | W2755339022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Pierre Klossowski's (1905-2001) career in philosophy is a brief but significant intervention into the manner in which the connections between desire, identity, and meaning are thought. Although Klossowski's influence on much of what is called French "post-structuralism" or "post-modernism" is frequently noted, Klossowski's development of the motif of the simulacrum is rarely traced in its proper context. Through readings of the texts of the Marquis de Sade, Georges Bataille, and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as his own ruminations on the polytheism of the ancient Roman cult of Diana, Klossowski constructs a critique not only of the identity of the self but also of the supposed unity of reason and rational signs. Klossowski's critique demonstrates how meaningful discourse is produced from the basis of incommunicable affects, which project images in consciousness that, only then, are able to take the form of iterable simulacra. Our "gregarious" discourse in language is, thus, formed only indirectly from the affects and acquires its supposed unity only as it fails to express those affects
Aesthetics · Art · Connotation · Consciousness · Cult · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Simulacrum · Theology · French Literature and Critical Theory · French Literature and Criticism · Philosophy · Semiotics and Representation Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |