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Primo Levi, Simone de Beauvoir e Wittgenstein: uma apologia da comunicação
Primo Levi, Simone de Beauvoir, Wittgenstein: an apology for communication
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Abstract In this paper, aims to indicate, following the horizon proposed by Primo Levi in The drowned and the saved [1986], that it is possible to communicate or decrease the distance between expressing and comprehending. As a hypothesis, we will argue that although we are not allowed to feel in the other's ... view more
In this paper, aims to indicate, following the horizon proposed by Primo Levi in The drowned and the saved [1986], that it is possible to communicate or decrease the distance between expressing and comprehending. As a hypothesis, we will argue that although we are not allowed to feel in the other's place, it is possible for us to understand their expression; this understanding would be based on a conversion of the gaze, founded on a desire to communicate. For this, we will use – in the horizon of Levi's problematic – some elements of Simone de Beauvoir's philosophy, especially her notion of situation, and of Ludwig Wittgenstein, with emphasis on his notion of panoramic presentation. Both notions mentioned suggest, in our view, methodical atitudes which Levi approached.... view less
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
Expression; Comprehension; Primo Levi; Simone de Beauvoir; Ludwig Wittgenstein
Document language
Portuguese
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 80-92
Journal
Griot: Revista de Filosofia, 22 (2022) 3
ISSN
2178-1036
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed