Arthur

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani does not discuss King Arthur for his own sake. He always mentions him within the same episode of the Perceval story, which he returns to several times between 2018 and 2024. Arthur first appears as the king whom Perceval does not come to greet1. In later sessions, what he mainly retains is the situation: Arthur's court, on the move, is camped in the snow not far from Perceval23, and Perceval does not see it4. The passages thus emphasize a closeness without an encounter: the king and his court are present but remain outside Perceval's attention. The episode recurs in sessions on varied themes: Nerval's "Angélique", the dialectics of hesitation and decision, the aporias of anthropology5 and the past lived as present. From one session to the next, the description stays almost the same. The passages say nothing further about what he draws from the figure of Arthur.

1. 1#4.4 Angélique (de Nerval)15 Jan 2018 · 16:15
2. 2#6 • Les Attelé(e)s de la confinitude26 Apr 2020 · 23:39
3. 3La matrice de toute illusion : le passé vécu comme présent4 Jun 2024 · 1:05:34
4. 4Dialectiques de l'hésitation et de la décision13 Nov 2022 · 1:01:30
5. 5LES APORIES DE L’ANTHROPOLOGIE23 Nov 2022 · 1:03:43

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.