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The Erotico-Theoretical Transference Relationship between Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Revisited with MichĂšle Le DĆuff
MichĂšle Le DĆuff considers the relationship between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir as a paradigmatic case of what she calls an "erotico-theoretical transference" relationship: De Beauvoir devoted herself to Sartre theoretically by adopting his existentialist perspective for the analysis of reality in general and the analysis of women's oppression in particular. The latter is especially strange since Sartre used strongly sexist metaphors and adopted a macho attitude towards women. In her book Hipparchia's Choice, Le DĆuff speaks in this context of "theoretical masculinism." She convincingly shows in this book that Sartre without using images could not have closed his existentialist philosophy: without the feminine drawback he would not have been able to explain why man cannot become god. Sartre not only understands gaining knowledge as a rape of a woman he also fears that the possessed
feminine (body) could reverse its position from being dominated to the dominating force by appropriating the masculine
through slime. In Being and Nothingness Sartre states that "slime is the revenge of the In-itself. A sicklyâsweet, feminine revenge." Despite of the fact that De Beauvoir used Sartre's heterosexist ontology and metaphysics she managed to provide a highly influential depiction of women's condition and offered an original approach to the understanding of selfhood which places woman inside the subject
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A Norwegian grey zone: Knut RĂžd, Victor Lind and 'The crucial year, 1942'
This article uses Primo Leviâs concept of âthe grey zoneâ to explore Knut RĂždâs involvement in the transfer of 532 Norwegian Jews from Oslo to Auschwitz in 1942. RĂžd, the police chief in charge of the operation, was subsequently exonerated of any crime on the grounds that he had simultaneously used his position to help members of Milorg â the Norwegian Resistance. The legal and moral basis of this verdict has been questioned by the artist Victor Lind in a series of artworks, including his âcountermonumentâ The Perpetrator (2005)
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Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (Glasgow) [exhibition review]
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgo
On Nietzscheâs Concept of âEuropean Nihilismâ
In Nietzsche, âEuropean nihilismâ has at its core valuelessness, meaninglessness
and senselessness. This article argues that Nietzsche is not replacing God with the
nothing, but rather that he regards âEuropean nihilismâ as an âin-between stateâ that is
necessary for getting beyond Christian morality. An important characteristic of a
Nietzschean philosopher is his âwill to responsibilityâ. One of his responsibilities
consists of the creation of the values and the concepts that are needed in order to
overcome the intermediate state of nihilism. For prevailing over nihilism in science,
Nietzsche suggests drawing on philosophy for the creation of values and drawing on
art in order to create beautiful surfaces that are based on these values. He regards
science as a cultural system that rests on contingent grounds. Therefore, his work is
concerned with the responsible construction of the narratives of science in such a way
that they enhance agency and promote a life-affirming future
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