A Responsibility to the World: Saramago, Politics, Philosophy
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Burghard Baltrusch (Hg.), Carlo Salzani (Hg.), Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte (Hg.), A Responsibility to the World: Saramago, Politics, Philosophy (2023), Frank & Timme, Berlin, ISBN: 9783732989843
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Descripción / Abstract
In a 1987 interview, José Saramago eloquently expressed what could be considered his political-philosophical manifesto: “Human beings should not content themselves with the role of mere observers.
They bear a responsibility to the world; they must actively engage and intervene.” In 1998 the celebrated writer was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. So Saramago did not only as a human being and a citizen, but also as an artist refuse to be a passive observer. Despite his profound and always critical pessimism, he tirelessly propelled both his public and artistic persona toward impactful actions and interventions, showcasing an unwavering dedication to reshaping the world. This volume seeks to delve into this facet of his legacy, exploring it from diverse political and philosophical perspectives.
They bear a responsibility to the world; they must actively engage and intervene.” In 1998 the celebrated writer was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. So Saramago did not only as a human being and a citizen, but also as an artist refuse to be a passive observer. Despite his profound and always critical pessimism, he tirelessly propelled both his public and artistic persona toward impactful actions and interventions, showcasing an unwavering dedication to reshaping the world. This volume seeks to delve into this facet of his legacy, exploring it from diverse political and philosophical perspectives.
Índice
- BEGINN
- Introduction
- Observing, Acting, Intervening: Saramago’s Responsibility to the World
- A Responsibility to the World
- Utopia/Dystopia: José Saramago and the Regency Apocalypse
- Islands and Boats: (Lucid?) Meditations on a Stone Utopia and a Naval Heterotopia in the Work of Jose Saramago
- Raised from the Ground and the Spectre of Revolution
- Seeing Populism in Seeing
- The Color of Democracy
- Saramago, Agamben, and the ‘Invention of an Epidemic’
- Debord and Saramago: Allegories of the Society of Spectacle in Blindness and The Cave
- Approaching Death and Ethics in José Saramago through Blimunda’s Memorial
- A Literary Autopsy: An Anthropological and Medical Approach to Saramago’s Oeuvre
- Canines: Unlikely Protagonists in the Novels of Coetzee, Saramago and Shibli
- The Temptations of Anthropomorphism, or, How an Elephant Can Help Us Become Human
- What is a Book?
- Works Cited
- Contributors
- Index