Edgar Morin and the writing life

Complexity and (auto)biography

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2023.1.42801

Keywords:

Autobiography. Edgar Morin. Complexity

Abstract

This article aims to think about (auto)biography from the methodology of complexity in Edgar Morin. A staunch adept of autobiographical writing, Morin has produced a large number of works in the genre, in addition, he is the author of a biography about his father, Vidal Nahum. He mixed the biography and personal diary genre by dedicating a book to Edwige Agnes, of whom he was widowed, and to whom he was married for thirty years. Based on a bibliographic research, we verified the presence of the autobiographical genre in the production of French. The author understood the individual and himself within a communicational circuit that is simultaneously multidimensional, multireferential, comprehensive, open and inclusive. Our conclusions show that, in Morin, there is a “synthetic conception of life”, a formula extracted from Arthur Rimbaud, which consists of 1) “resolving to live on different planes” and 2) “preserving free zones for poetry, literature, thought, but also to save private life”.

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Author Biography

Gustavo de Castro Silva, University of Brasília

PhD in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Graduated in Journalism from the University Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Research Productivity Scholarship from CNPq. Professor of Aesthetics Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Communication from the Faculty of Communication at the University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil.

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Published

2023-06-13

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Silva, G. de C. (2023). Edgar Morin and the writing life: Complexity and (auto)biography. Revista FAMECOS, 30(1), e42801. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2023.1.42801

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Vol. 30 No. 1 (2023): Single Volume

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