COERCION AND MIMESIS IN PLATO: Compelling Someone to Change their Nature
This chapter examines Plato’s criticism of the power of dramatic mimesis to form and transform subjectivity via the interpretative lens of the mimetic turn. It will emphasize his ethical and pedagogical concerns about plastic and mimetic subjects formed by traditional mythical and literary models in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Homo Mimeticus II
Year: 2024, Pages: 93-106 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This chapter examines Plato’s criticism of the power of dramatic mimesis to form and transform subjectivity via the interpretative lens of the mimetic turn. It will emphasize his ethical and pedagogical concerns about plastic and mimetic subjects formed by traditional mythical and literary models instead of the prevalent concept of mimesis as mere imitation. This approach allows us to examine a more positive and active aspect of mimetic actions in Plato: the assimilation to an ideal of perfection, powerful enough to change someone’s nature. Detaching from the simplistic understanding of mimesis as imitation and reframing it from a visual and |
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| ISBN: | 9789461665959 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Homo Mimeticus II
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