Harpagon

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani cites Harpagon as the example of a character entirely devoted to a single trait. In his reading of Hegel, he sees him as avarice incarnate: the character forms a unity, without individual detail12. He comes back above all to the strongbox. Alienated in his possessions, Harpagon wants to die when he loses it, because he remains bound to his determination3. For Dominique Pagani, having put his whole being into this strongbox is the height of alienation4. From 2024 onward, he compares this attachment to the king's attachment to his throne or crown: without his strongbox, Harpagon is nothing5. He also looks at the family relationship. Harpagon appears as the father who lectures his son6. With Clouscard, Dominique Pagani reads the conflict between the miserly father and the prodigal son as a class struggle present even in intimate relations7.

1. 1Hegel Plage 4/52 Feb 2016 · 11:37
2. 2#2.5 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 1:04:56
3. 3Hegel Plage 4/52 Feb 2016 · 25:07
4. 4Assemblée nationale24 Oct 2018 · 1:36:29
5. 5L'essence du mal - Innocence de la nature, horreur du naturalisme !17 Dec 2024 · 34:18
6. 6#9 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...17 Dec 2020 · 1:07:23
7. 7La mondanité chez Clouscard : Aragon et la positivité du négatif29 Jun 2023 · 59:20

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