Narcisse

Hunter in Greek mythology

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Dominique Pagani uses Narcissus mainly through Michel Clouscard, who makes him the antithesis of Vulcan, or Hephaestus: on one side the one who enjoys and pleases, on the other the blacksmith who works1. He takes up the formula "yours to make, mine to please"2 and the one according to which "Narcissus has liquidated Vulcan". Narcissus thus becomes a figure of libertarian liberalism and of the capitalism of seduction, in which labour is repressed3. He consumes his own image, yet forms a couple with the producer4. He also sets him against the sportsman. He further dwells on the moment when Narcissus leans too far over the water and drowns in it, passing into the mirror. Speaking of Schubert, he sees in it the danger of water that is too clear, where one no longer sees the mirror5. Elsewhere, he reads in it the desire for one's own identity, precarious like any imaginary identity6. Finally, he returns to it in a session on evil and self-"misknowledge" as a symbol of narcissism.

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In Greek mythology, Narcissus (; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος) is a handsome youth who becomes enamoured with his own reflection in a pool of water. In the most famous version of the story, found in Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (who was active around the beginning of the 1st century AD), Narcissus rejects the advances of numerous suitors, including those of the nymph Echo. By the influence of Nemesis, Narcissus becomes infatuated with his own reflection when he views it in a pool one day. He remains there until he dies, and in that place narcissus flower later arises. […]

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21:05He contemplates his reflection and fears it being disturbed: the desire for his own identity, as precarious as any imaginary identity.

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1:26:44Pleased with his appearance, he is opposed to Vulcan.
1:36:47He consumes his own image in the reflection of the waters; he forms a pair with the producer.