Exterior

What Dominique Pagani says

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. 1Musicosophie 12. Nietzsche (tout) contre Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 35:09
2. 2Naissance et carnage - Le massacre des Innocents22 Dec 2023 · 1:01:30
3. 3#16 • Retour aux logiques du sujet30 Jul 2020 · 9:34
4. 4#16 • Retour aux logiques du sujet30 Jul 2020 · 38:53
5. 5La mondanité chez Clouscard - Le choc des mondes ?9 Jul 2023 · 42:00
6. 6Naissance et carnage - Le massacre des Innocents22 Dec 2023 · 1:11:42

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