PHIL 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Le Rire, Narcissism
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Reparative reading can be defined as a stance that looks to a work of art for solace and replenishment rather than viewing it as something to be interrogated and indicted (rita felski) Henri bergson -le rire paul ricoeur hermeneutics of trust. Marx, nietzsche, freud: the fundamental category of consciousness is the relation hidden-shown (5) The five strong characteristics (anticipation, reflexivity and mimesis; strong theory: negative affects; exposure) Negative affects: trying to avoid negative affects as opposed to seeking the positive affects. A strong theory monopolizes over widely disparate domains of explanation. It seeks to be global and in competition with as many other theories as possible (marxism, psycho-analysis, neo-liberal economics, scientific method, religion) On the one hand, it is repelled by surprise and becomes increasingly tautological. On the other hand, it exults in demystifying exposure. It sees its strength in defending against negative affect rather than procuring positive affect. Eve kosofsky sedgwick: the coherence of gothic convnetions, xi.
