Series · 5 Aug 2023Aragon "The Paris Peasant Sings" - Readings on the Spot- 10:48The poem seems to leave political Paris for nostalgia and inner feeling, but the two are linked.
Subjectivity
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What Dominique Pagani says
Dominique Pagani places the appearance of subjectivity in history. In the Greek ethos, nascent subjectivity appears as a corruption. The free and infinite personality, which the Greeks did not know, flourishes with Christianity and the modern world1. He firmly distinguishes subjectivity from subjectivism: criticising subjectivism does not mean eliminating subjectivity. One fights subjectivism by extending the field of subjectivity, which he conceives of as an activity2. In a session on Romantic irony and Vinteuil's sonata, he calls for rehabilitating subjectivity against subjectivism. He adds that subjectivism, at its height, joins a human adventure3. In his view, Proust's musical phrase shows that states of the soul are not frivolous. They are superior to positive life and are alone worthy of being expressed4. Regarding Aragon, he notes that the poem seems to leave political Paris for nostalgia and states of the soul, but that the two remain linked5.
- 1Dominique Pagani sur Michel Clouscard - Les chemins de la praxis 1/28 Dec 2015 · 35:10
- 2«Rouges-bruns», «décolonial» : Faut-il utiliser la langue dominante ? • Q&A Philosophique • Pagani31 Mar 2021 · 23:51
- 3Musicosophie 9. Ironie romantique et sonate de Vinteuil15 Jan 2021 · 1:27:21
- 4Musicosophie 9. Ironie romantique et sonate de Vinteuil15 Jan 2021 · 1:20:49
- 5Aragon « Le paysan de Paris chante » - Lectures sur le vif5 Aug 2023 · 10:48
Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
Series · 5 Aug 2023Aragon "The Paris Peasant Sings" - Readings on the Spot
Series · 31 Mar 2021"Red-browns", "decolonial": Should we use the dominant language? • Philosophical Q&A • Pagani- 23:51One must not confuse the critique of subjectivism with the elimination of subjectivity: one fights subjectivism by extending the field of subjectivity, which is an activity.
Series · 15 Jan 2021Musicosophy 9. Romantic irony and the Vinteuil sonata
Series · 8 Dec 2015Dominique Pagani on Michel Clouscard - The paths of praxis 1/2- 35:10Nascent subjectivity appears as a corruption within the Greek ethos. The free infinite personality, unknown to the Greeks, flourishes with Christianity and the modern world.