Interior

Summary

Dominique Pagani approaches the interior through Hegel. The interiority toward which aesthetics tends is not the abstract self: it is the external world interiorized, a being that has become1. He adds that the interior is recognized by the fact that it externalizes itself, and that a pure interior is only a pure abstraction2. He links this notion to modern art, which interiorizes a content that has become infinite and resists any external representation. He thus contrasts the cathedral, which matters by its interior, with the Greek temple, which matters by its exterior3. In literature, he sees Baudelaire withdrawing into interiority, memory and remembrance, in contrast to Hugo's movement toward the world and society4. In music, he notes in a Schumann andante the passage from a melody interiorized on the oboe to the panorama of the whole orchestra. He also cites Wagner, for whom music brings the sounds of the interior out of the night. Finally, he mentions the need to be alone to approach certain contents, out of modesty of feeling before the other.

1. 1Hegel on the Beach 5/52 Feb 2016 · 54:24
2. 2Hegel on the Beach 5/52 Feb 2016 · 2:03:26
3. 3#11 Return to the logics of the subject21 Jun 2020 · 1:23:12
4. 4#10 Return to the logics of the subject11 Jun 2020 · 20:37

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