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The concept of chiasm has played major role in continental
philosophy, where it has referred to various phenomenological and
hermeneutic structures of reversibility, intertwining, and
encounter. In Chiasmatic Encounters: Art, Ethics, Politics,
fourteen international contributors representing various fields of
expertise analyze this central concept and its significance for
contemporary cultural theory. The authors discuss the work of major
philosophers like Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir, Habermas, Levinas,
Derrida, and Deleuze, adapting their ideas of chiasmatic relations
to cultural analysis. As the internal and external horizons of
perception and experience are intertwined and reversed, various
cultural texts, like a Vermeer painting, a symphony of Sibelius, a
David Lynch movie, or a young girl walking in her summer dress, are
seen from new and unexpected angles. The book also addresses the
chiasmatic crossing between ethics and politics-- between
unconditional ethical responsibility and always conditional
political choices. Representing the cutting edge of contemporary
cultural theory and interdisciplinary thinking, Chiasmatic
Encounters is essential reading for anyone working in continental
philosophy, aesthetics, or political theory.
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