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'An aphorism, properly stamped and molded, has not been "deciphered" when it has simply been read; rather one has then to begin its interpretation, for which is required an art of interpretation.' -- Nietzsche, 'On the Genealogy of Morals'

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December 9, 2003

Trevor, you may find this part of an interview with Stephen David Ross over at Artrift of interest. Ross says the following:


"....but the experience I described as shared by philosophy and by art seemed to be divided in two, one the sense of a deep, intense, and transfigurative experience that touched the full range of human possibilities and put them into question, filled with feeling, intensity, reflection, depth; the other, the sense of new, unfamiliar, strange, remarkable, unexpected encounters. Clearly these are in some way the same, yet one is more a consummatory, fulfilling experience, grand, powerful, and deep. Here, a great work of art--and for me of philosophy as well---is an achievement, accomplishes and builds something magnificent and unprecedented. The other is much more disturbing, unsettling, displacing, transforming. I would now wish to assimilate the first to the second, so that the sense of consummation and fulfillment is not so much to be held onto but to be recognized for its unsettlements and transformations. Much of this displacement is the result of the last century in Western art and aesthetics and in new understandings of the role of art in cultural practices around the world."

Though Bataille and Klossowski are not mentioned in the interview, the 'transfigurative' experience is very similar ideas to those being discussed in this weblog, don't you think?

Ross says that art and philosophy have been, and should be, associated with calling authority into question; being rebellious, disruptive, unorthodox, nurturing unexpected transfigurations, and playing the role of rebel. This is what I see as the 'philosophical moment' in Nietzsche and Bataille: it opens up to a philosophy that is disruptive, transformative, disturbing and always seeking new questions and alternatives. This is a long way from philosophy in the academy. which has sides with the forces of authority. You can only discern fragments of a philosophy that expresses what is unfamiliar, strange, and disruptive.


Have a look when you have a mo.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 7:08 AM | | Comments (0)
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