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Quelques considérations sur et avec Valéry: l'homme qui se pense et qui pense l'Europe
Some Considerations on Paul Valéry's Poetics: the Man Thinking the Self and Thinking Europe
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Abstract The present article identifies in Paul Valéry’s poetics two major axes: the man thinking the Self and thinking Europe. At first, the interest goes to the methodical and systematic reflection of the Pure Self. The pastiche "I invent, therefore I am" expresses the commitment of the essayist to the que... view more
The present article identifies in Paul Valéry’s poetics two major axes: the man thinking the Self and thinking Europe. At first, the interest goes to the methodical and systematic reflection of the Pure Self. The pastiche "I invent, therefore I am" expresses the commitment of the essayist to the quest of the cogito (in la vita activa and la vita contemplatia). His poetics reveals a meta-textual consciousness of the European man as well as of the Europe within Europe. These double strands highlight a political and cultural image of Europe and the conceptual Europe.... view less
Keywords
culture; Europe; politics; method
Classification
Other Fields of Social Sciences
Free Keywords
Paul Valéry; Paul Valéry’s poetics; Paul Valéry’s Method; cogito; the Pure Self; the modern man; la vita active; la vita contemplativa
Document language
French
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 121-130
Journal
Studii Europene (2014) 1
ISSN
2345-1041
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
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