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“A past which has never been”. Unveiling Merleau-Ponty’s Accountability of the Mythological Heritage of Perception
A Modern nekyia?
- Riccardo Valenti - Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italia; Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France - email
Abstract
This paper focuses on Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of the mythological account of knowledge as a cumulative source of temporal sedimentation. In the following lines, I argue Merleau-Ponty holds both a negative and, most importantly, a positive opinion concerning what has to be considered as ʻmythicalʼ: all contents of information and reflection referring to an ʻunreflectiveʼ past. Below, in the third paragraph, I summarise the major features the ʻinstitutionalʼ ontology defends: I also highlight the Husserlian influence on Merleau-Ponty’s thought. In the fourth section of this paper, I make a comparison between the most relevant outcomes of the previous paragraphs and Stigler’s conception of tertiary retention: in so doing, I emphasise the unique role the faculty of ʻwritingʼ has in the theory of sedimentation. Finally, I conclude that ʻpastʼ as a traditional, mythical foundation is still of service for showing the way the future shall forward.
Presentato: 19 Ottobre 2021 | Pubblicato 13 Maggio 2022 | Lingua: en
Keywords Myth • Response • Activation • Sedimentation • Memory
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Valenti Riccardo |
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dc.title |
“A past which has never been”. Unveiling Merleau-Ponty’s Accountability of the Mythological Heritage of Perception. A Modern nekyia? |
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Capitolo |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper focuses on Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of the mythological account of knowledge as a cumulative source of temporal sedimentation. In the following lines, I argue Merleau-Ponty holds both a negative and, most importantly, a positive opinion concerning what has to be considered as ʻmythicalʼ: all contents of information and reflection referring to an ʻunreflectiveʼ past. Below, in the third paragraph, I summarise the major features the ʻinstitutionalʼ ontology defends: I also highlight the Husserlian influence on Merleau-Ponty’s thought. In the fourth section of this paper, I make a comparison between the most relevant outcomes of the previous paragraphs and Stigler’s conception of tertiary retention: in so doing, I emphasise the unique role the faculty of ʻwritingʼ has in the theory of sedimentation. Finally, I conclude that ʻpastʼ as a traditional, mythical foundation is still of service for showing the way the future shall forward. |
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Quaderni di Venezia Arti |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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dc.issued |
2022-05-13 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2021-10-19 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-589-6/a-past-which-has-never-been-unveiling-merleau-pont/ |
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10.30687/978-88-6969-588-9/019 |
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2784-8868 |
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978-88-6969-588-9 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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open |
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no |
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dc.subject |
Activation |
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dc.subject |
Memory |
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dc.subject |
Myth |
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dc.subject |
Response |
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dc.subject |
Sedimentation |
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