Exterior

Summary

Dominique Pagani approaches the exterior from several angles. With Hegel, he holds that an idea only becomes an idea by externalising itself: in written law, in aesthetics or in the realised work1. He carries this thesis into theology: God without the world would not be God2. Externalisation is thus the condition for the idea's actuality. He also uses the term critically, regarding the modern relation to works. The connoisseurs' activity remains external: they erect the "dead scaffolding" of language and history3, and aesthetes represent works to themselves instead of committing their lives to them4. The exterior also refers to nature, which he describes as aggressive: if man does not overcome it, it destroys him, just as a neglected wound turns to gangrene5. Finally, he links insecurity to the relation between inside and outside, which he contrasts with a narcissistic withdrawal into interiority6.

1. 1#12 Nietzsche (right up) against Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 35:09
2. 2Birth and carnage: the Massacre of the Innocents22 Dec 2023 · 1:01:30
3. 3#16 Return to the logics of the subject30 Jul 2020 · 9:34
4. 4#16 Return to the logics of the subject30 Jul 2020 · 38:53
5. 5Worldliness in Clouscard: the clash of worlds?9 Jul 2023 · 42:00
6. 6Birth and carnage: the Massacre of the Innocents22 Dec 2023 · 1:11:42

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