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The Ethos of Care in Manuel Puig’s El beso de la mujer araña
Get PDFThis article focuses on corporeal experience and the material and affective practice of care in Manuel Puig’s El beso de la mujer araña. It contends that at the heart of the novel’s political project lies an ethos of care that is situated rather than transcendent, contaminated rather than pure, embodied rather than abstract, and transactional rather than disinterested. In spite of all of the ways such an ethos might seem compromised or insufficient, it succeeds in suspending social mechanisms of exclusion and models for the reader a mode of ethical engagement with the world narrated.Este artículo se enfoca en la experiencia corporal y en la práctica, tanto material como afectiva, del cuidado en El beso de la mujer araña de Manuel Puig. Sostiene que en el centro del proyecto político de la novela se encuentra un ethos situado en vez de transcendente, contaminado en vez de puro, corporal en vez de abstracto y transaccional en vez de desinteresado. A pesar de que tal ethos se podría percibir como debilitado o insuficiente, lo que logra es suspender los mecanismos sociales de exclusión y ofrecer al lector un modelo de compromiso ético
No matarás: los mandatos éticos del rostro en Soldados de Salamina (2001) y La sombra de Heidegger (2005)
Get PDFThis article undertakes a comparative study of the novels Soldados de Salamina (2001) by Javier Cercas and La sombra de Heidegger (2005) by José Pablo Feinmann, drawing on Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophical approach to face-to-face relations in his existential phenomenology. It examines how the novels portray the face of the other as a form of discourse that establishes a possible relationship between literature and philosophical ethics. The article also explores how hybridity of genre, namely, the meta-historiographic character of the narrative in Cercas and the essay within the novel in the case of Feinmann, leads to a critical engagement with the privileged principle found in Levinas’s ethics: Thou shall not kill.Este artículo propone un estudio comparativo de las novelas Soldados de Salamina (2001) de Javier Cercas y La sombra de Heidegger (2005) de José Pablo Feinmann a partir de la noción de “rostro” de la fenomenología existencial de Emmanuel Levinas. Se examina cómo las novelas indagan en el rostro del otro como un dispositivo generador de discurso que establece una relación posible entre literatura y ética filosófica. Asimismo, este trabajo explora cómo la hibridez genérica, es decir, el carácter meta-historiográfico de la narración en Cercas y el ensayo dentro de la novela en el caso de Feinmann, permite una aproximación crítica al principio privilegiado de la ética levinasiana: no matarás
Reflecting on the Self: Introspective Construction of the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century Poets Carolina Valencia and Carolina Coronado
Get PDFThis essay explores the construction of the female creative self in nineteenth-century Spain and introduces the virtually unstudied poet Carolina Valencia (born 1860 in Valladolid) through her poem “A la margen del arroyo” (1890). It brings Valencia into dialogue with the established canon through a parallel reading of the construction of subjectivity in Carolina Coronado’s “El jilguero y la flor del agua” (1852). This reading of subjectivity interacts with various aspects of nineteenth-century Spanish femininity: the identification with nature, the dichotomy of the angel and the monster, and the language of sentimentality.Este ensayo explora la construcción de la identidad creativa de la escritora decimonónica en España e introduce una poeta casi no estudiada, Carolina Valencia (nacida 1860 en Valladolid) a través de su poema “A la margen del arroyo” (1890). Invita a Valencia a dialogar con el canon ya establecido por una lectura paralela de su construcción poética de la subjetividad con la de Carolina Coronado en “El jilguero y la flor del agua” (1852). Tal lectura de subjetividad interactúa con varios aspectos de la femineidad decimonónica española: la identificación con la naturaleza, la dicotomía del ángel y el monstruo y el lenguaje sentimental
A Subject in Allegorical Clothing: The Case of ‘el maldiciente Clodio’ in Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda
Get PDFThis article considers the relationship between allegorical personification and literary subjectivity in Miguel de Cervantes’s Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (1617). Although previous scholarship has recognized the allegorical qualities of the character Clodio, a slanderer par excellence, these qualities have been seen as incompatible with his marked inner life. I begin by clarifying the understanding of speech vices in seventeenth-century Spain as a single vice measured by speech’s harmful effect. I then draw from philosophical and psychological studies on self-knowledge to argue that Clodio’s subjectivity is a function of his allegorical nature. His status as a personification of the speech vices gives rise to the introspection and agency that characterize him.El presente estudio aborda la relación entre personificación alegórica y subjetividad literaria en Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda de Miguel de Cervantes (1617). Aunque se ha reconocido que el personaje de Clodio, maldiciente por excelencia, manifiesta características alegóricas, se han considerado las mismas incompatibles con su notable vida interior. El artículo precisa la conceptualización de maledicencia y murmuración durante el siglo XVII en España como un solo vicio. Luego, se aprovechan estudios filosóficos y psicológicos sobre el autoconocimiento para sostener que la subjetividad de Clodio va en función de su naturaleza alegórica, de modo que su estatus como personificación de los vicios de lenguaje da lugar a la introspección y voluntad de actuar que lo caracterizan
Serval et Barkhane : des interventions aux multiples conséquences: Les répercussions politiques, sécuritaires, sociales et économiques de l\u27intervention française au Mali
No full textEn février 2022, la France a officiellement retiré ses forces armées du territoire malien. Cette annonce est survenue un peu plus de 9 ans après le coup d’envoi de la mission Serval au Mali, elle-même suivie de l’opération Barkhane dans le grand Sahel un an plus tard. Ces deux initiatives avaient pour but de lutter contre le terrorisme, notamment en s’attaquant à des groupes djihadistes, dont Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI) et Ansar Dine. Si l’arrivée de l’armée française était initialement applaudie, le narratif a connu un revirement important au fil des ans : les soldats français sont rapidement devenus des symboles d’un post-colonialisme, représentant l’ancienne métropole coloniale infiltrée dans les affaires nationales d’une ancienne colonie. Au lendemain du retrait des troupes, il est d’autant plus important de se pencher sur les effets de l’intervention militaire française au Mali, et plus généralement dans la région sahélienne. Les interventions militaires apportent leur lot de conséquences sur le pays hôte, mais également sur les populations locales. On constate donc parmi les grands impacts l’affaiblissement de l’État malien et l’expansion de la crise sécuritaire à l’échelle régionale, mais aussi une restructuration du paysage djihadiste et une dégradation des conditions socio-économiques pour la population. Le retrait des forces françaises laisse donc planer une question particulière : le bilan de Serval et Barkhane s’avère-t-il positif ou négatif pour le Mali
Some Notes on Philosophy and Redemption: Adorno and Cavell
Get PDFIn an earlier essay, I once drew a comparison between Theodor W. Adorno’s remark that, “philosophy, which once appeared obsolete, sustains itself because the moment for its actualization has been lost,” and Stanley Cavell’s suggestion that Ludwig Wittgenstein’s “Investigations can be seen as a philosophy of culture, one that relates itself to its time as a time in which the continuation of philosophy is at stake.” In this essay, I’d like to compare Adorno’s remark to a different but related remark of Cavell’s, namely his thought that “philosophy ends in a recovery from a terminable loss.” He pursues this thought in remarks on Emerson, noting that “philosophy begins in loss, in finding yourself at a loss, as Wittgenstein more or less says.” Many different traditions—Marxism, American transcendentalism, ordinary language philosophy, just to name a few—animate these thoughts. This is not the place to detail and tease out the ramifications and significances of each; instead, I want to take this very short essay merely to raise a different point of relation than I raised before (in a deep way, then, this essay—and especially its short length—may be seen as a sort of afterword to my earlier remarks)
The Stigmatization of Schizophrenia
Get PDFThe objective of the following systematic literature review was to analyze the current stigma surrounding schizophrenia in North America, its implications, as well as to suggest potential interventions. The current societal climate reveals that many individuals lack an understanding of the etiology and symptoms of schizophrenia, leading to a general negative bias towards individuals with this disease. Additionally, many misperceptions such as enhanced violent tendencies surround patients with schizophrenia, exacerbating negative bias and actions such as avoidance. Suggestions to minimize stigma and its effects were made and include the renaming of schizophrenia, the use of virtual reality programs, the refinement of education programs, and an overall switch in how the media presents schizophrenia
Confronting Canada’s overdose crisis: what’s the deal with decriminalization?
Get PDFThe current overdose epidemic in Canada has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Deaths from overdose are increasing, and urgent response and action are needed to save the lives of people who use drugs. The concept of ‘decriminalizing drugs’ is not new, but discourse around it has been increasing recently, with major urban centres calling on the Canadian government to take action. This commentary discusses the meaning of decriminalization, recent progress that has been made in Canada, and its possible implications on the lives of people who use drugs