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Le Tableau tragique de Joyel (1633) ou la nuit des morts-vivants
Le Tableau tragique ou le funeste amour de Florivale et dâOrcade de Joyel, paru Ă Douai en 1633, texte dont on ne connaĂźt que quelques exemplaires dans les bibliothĂšques europĂ©ennes, est considĂ©rĂ© par Jean Rousset comme « la moins arcadienne et la plus macabre des pastorales ». Au-delĂ de lâobsession de la dĂ©composition des corps qui habite tous les personnages â faisant dâeux littĂ©ralement des morts-vivants â le surnaturel se manifeste par lâintervention des dĂ©mons, les cortĂšges dâombres menaçantes, les animaux malĂ©fiques, mais aussi et surtout par lâaction des morts revenus Ă la vie. Les « fantaisies poetiques » et « autres Ćuvres » qui accompagnent la piĂšce offrent un aperçu sur la vie thĂ©Ăątrale douaisienne et inscrivent clairement lâĆuvre dans un projet esthĂ©tique, qui invite Ă se questionner sur le caractĂšre outrancier, « fantastique » mais peut-ĂȘtre aussi grotesque, de ce thĂ©Ăątre des spectres.Joyelâs Tableau tragique ou le funeste amour de Florivale et d'Orcade, published in Douai in 1633, a text of which only a few copies are identified in European libraries, is considered by Jean Rousset to be âthe least Arcadian and the most macabre pastoralâ. Beyond the obsession with the decomposition of bodies that inhabits all the characters â literally making them the living dead â the supernatural is revealed by the intervention of demons, processions of threatening shadows, evil animals, but also and above all by the action of the dead who have come back to life. The âfantaisies poetiquesâ and âautres Ćuvresâ that accompany the play offer an overview of Douaiâs theatrical life and clearly place the work within an aesthetic project, which invites us to question the outrageous, âfantasticâ but perhaps also grotesque nature of this theatre of spectres
The Democratic Biopolitics of PrEP
PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a relatively new drug-based HIV prevention technique and an important means to lower the HIV risk of gay men who are especially vulnerable to HIV. From the perspective of biopolitics, PrEP inscribes itself in a larger trend of medicalization and the rise of pharmapower. This article reconstructs and evaluates contemporary literature on biopolitical theory as it applies to PrEP, by bringing it in a dialogue with a mapping of the political debate on PrEP. As PrEP changes sexual norms and subjectification, for example condom use and its meaning for gay subjectivity, it is highly contested. The article shows that the debate on PrEP can be best described with the concepts âsexual-somatic ethicsâ and âdemocratic biopoliticsâ, which I develop based on the biopolitical approach of Nikolas Rose and Paul Rabinow. In contrast, interpretations of PrEP which are following governmentality studies or Italian Theory amount to either farfetched or trivial positions on PrEP, when seen in light of the political debate. Furthermore, the article is a contribution to the scholarship on gay subjectivity, highlighting how homophobia and homonormativity haunts gay sex even in liberal environments, and how PrEP can serve as an entry point for the destigmatization of gay sexuality and transformation of gay subjectivity. âBiopolitical democratizationâ entails making explicit how medical technology and health care relates to sexual subjectification and ethics, to strengthen the voice of (potential) PrEP users in health politics, and to renegotiate the profit and power of Big Pharma
La marque diabolique : signe d'Ă©lection ou de damnation ?
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Les limites du possible et de lâimpossible dans les textes des dĂ©monologues aux XVIe et XVIIe siĂšcles, ou la tentative de constitution de la dĂ©monologie comme âscienceâ
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« Ce chapitre me fera du cabinet. » L'intime dans « Sur des vers de Virgile », Essais, III, 5
International audienceIn âSur des vers de Virgileâ, an essay whose obscenity will be scandalous, Montaigne carries out his project of exposing himself, by proposing a confession about âhis moralsâ, in other words about his sexual life. Not content with lifting the ban on openly discussing sexuality, he proposes a âsexual self-portraitâ and reveals, in the modern sense of the term, his intimacy; yet this chapter is above all intended for female readers whom he invites to retire into their âcabinetâ to read it; far from the masculine stereotype, he acknowledges his failures and his share of feminity, perhaps in an ultimate attempt at seduction.Dans « Sur des vers de Virgile », essai dont lâobscĂ©nitĂ© fera scandale, Montaigne rĂ©alise son projet de mise Ă nu, en proposant une confession sur ses « mĆurs », autrement dit sur sa vie sexuelle. Non content de lever lâinterdit qui empĂȘche de parler ouvertement de la sexualitĂ©, il propose un « autoportrait sexuel » et dĂ©voile, au sens moderne du terme, son intimitĂ© ; or ce chapitre est avant tout destinĂ© aux lectrices quâil invite Ă se retirer dans leur « cabinet » pour le lire ; loin du stĂ©rĂ©otype viril, il reconnaĂźt ses dĂ©faillances et sa part de fĂ©minitĂ©, peut-ĂȘtre dans une ultime tentative de sĂ©duction
Sur des vers de Virgile" de Montaigne ; les fondements Ă©thiques dâun nouvel Art dâaimer
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