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The Aesthetics of Autonomy - Ricoeur and Sartre on Emancipation, Authenticity, and Selfhood (Hardcover)
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The Aesthetics of Autonomy - Ricoeur and Sartre on Emancipation, Authenticity, and Selfhood (Hardcover)
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The Aesthetics of Autonomy: Ricoeur and Sartre on Emancipation,
Authenticity, and Selfhood argues that, despite their differences,
Sartre and Ricoeur have a similar goal. While they are both
anti-essentialists, they nevertheless advocate for the notions of
selfhood and autonomy. Autonomy, for them, is the end result of an
aesthetic path. An identity, at the individual or collective level,
is created by weaving together contingent threads of the given. In
other words, identity is a narrative construct. The first two
chapters focus on the respective methods of Sartre and Ricoeur.
Despite their different emphases, Farhang Erfani argues that they
have a similar dialectical method, between the situation and our
ability to surpass it for Sartre, and between sedimentation and
innovation for Ricoeur. The third chapter brings them together and
shows how they can complement each other in building a narrative
identity at the individual level; Ricoeur is helpful in
appreciating Sartrean notions of bad faith and authenticity. The
fourth and final chapter turns to collective identity; Erfani
argues that Ricoeur's notions of ideology and utopia are better
complemented with Sartrean political ethics. Erfani advocates for a
Sartrean model of "Dark Utopianism" that overcomes the limits of
Ricoeur's political philosophy. Reading Sartre and Ricoeur together
provides for a balanced approach to the question of autonomy that
at once pays due attention to the weight of the situation and the
past, while opening up the space for change, innovation, and
progress. The conclusion, accordingly, applies this thesis to the
question of globalization. Both Sartre and Ricoeur scholars will be
eager to explore and debate the original synthesis presented in The
Aesthetics of Autonomy. It also makes contributions to
hermeneutics, post-War French philosophy, and philosophy of
religion. Finally, given its emphases on politics and aesthetics,
the book also places itself within arguments of political theory
and literary theory.
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