The Other Synaesthesia
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State University of New York Press · Ebook · January 2, 2024
Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy and literature.
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- Who it’s for
- Susan Bernstein rethinks synaesthesia as a rhythmic relation among senses and arts, not simply unity.
- Genres
- Aesthetics, Art Criticism & Ideas, Literary Theory
- Published
- State University of New York Press, January 2, 2024
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Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy and literature. This book investigates synaesthesia in philosophy and literature, from Aristotle to Charles Baudelaire to Jean-Luc Nancy and beyond. Its central claim is that while synaesthesia is generally read as a figure of transcendence and unity, there is another effect of synaesthesia, one that articulates differences and displaces essence.
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This other synaesthesia opens up within or alongside the more familiar sense of synaesthesia as synthesis, pointing to an alternative understanding of the senses and of the arts as "interbelonging" in a kind of rhythmic relation rather than parts of a totalizing aesthetic whole. In so doing, The Other Synaesthesia contests the suggestion that neurological synaesthesia is the foundation for the aesthetics of synaesthesia. Topics include Nancy's conception of community; the correspondence between Franz Liszt and George Sand; Baudelaire's poetics; Richard Wagner's theory of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art; decadence and symbolism; and Heidegger's critique of the correspondence theory of truth.
Senses in Relation
Susan Bernstein rethinks synaesthesia as a rhythmic relation among senses and arts, not simply unity.
Come here for
- Synaesthesia in philosophy and literature, from Aristotle to Baudelaire and Nancy
- Separate discussions of Liszt and Sand, Wagner, decadence, and symbolism
Expect
- An alternative to treating neurological synaesthesia as the basis of its aesthetics
- Topics including Nancy’s community and Heidegger’s critique of correspondence theory
Where it sits
| Aesthetics | 79% |
|---|---|
| Literary Theory | 27% |
| Art Criticism & Ideas | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Theory
- Comparative Literature
- Aesthetics
- Authors
- Susan Bernstein
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Published
- January 2, 2024
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Theory