The Kantian Sublime as a Paradox. Regarding an Example by Jean-Luc Marion
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.39.2017.15349Keywords:
Kant, Marion, saturated phenomenon, sublime, unlimitedAbstract
Starting from an example mentioned by Jean-Luc Marion, the present work tries to develop and make clear the connections between the theory of the «saturated phenomenon» or «paradox» exposed by the French phenomenologist and the description of the phenomenon of the sublime that Kant offers fundamentally in his Critique of Judgment. In this regard, the four points of view or categories that make it possible to recognize a certain phenomenon as a «saturated» or «paradoxical» one (invisable, insupportable, absolu, and irregardable) are examined in light of the way in which Kant broaches the question of the perceptive exposition to an element defined by sublimity. This analysis may shed some light on the real meaning of the «popular» rebirth of the aesthetics of the sublime that can be observed in multiple aspects of contemporary culture.
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