One aesthetic of the philosophical word: philosophizing as transformation in JeanFrançois Lyotard

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.37830

Keywords:

Lyotard. Word. Philosophy. Transformation. Aesthetics.

Abstract

In this essay, Lyotard’s perspective on the meaning of the philosophical word as a possibility for transforming reality is analyzed. For the philosopher, if it is necessary to transform the world, it is because there is an aspiration for something else. Thus, in the present, there is something that announces and anticipates, that calls for the future. There is a sense that circulates through things, through the
relationships between human beings, and transforming the world really means releasing that meaning. Being present and absent, this meaning is what grants the full responsibility of the risk of making mistakes and also the possibility of being true through the word, which is its transcription. Hence, the transforming
action cannot fail to be a theory, in the true sense of the word. It is a word that you risk to say, a word that desires the desire for fulfillment.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Felipe Szyszka Karasek, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS

Doutor em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) em Porto Alegre, RS. Professor da Faculdade Meridional (IMED) em Porto Alegre, RS.

References

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Por que filosofar ? Cuatro conferencias. Barcelone: Paidos, 1964.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Discours, figure. Paris: Klincksieck, 1971.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Le Différend. Paris: Minuit, 1983.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. La Condition postmoderne. Paris: Minuit, 1979.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Le Postmoderne expliqué aux enfants. Paris: Galilée, 1986.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Por qué filosofar?: cuatro conferencias. Trad. Godofredo González. Barcelona: Paidós Ibérica, 1989.

LYOTARD, Jean-François. Moralités postmodernes. Paris: Galilée, 1993.

GAGNEBIN, Jeanne-Marie. O método desviante. In: Revista Trópico, dezembro, 2006.

OÑATE, Teresa. Entrevista com Jean-François Lyotard (Paris, 13/12/1986). In: A Parte Rei – Revista de Filosofia, n. 49, España, Enero de 2007.

Published

2020-07-27

How to Cite

Karasek, F. S. (2020). One aesthetic of the philosophical word: philosophizing as transformation in JeanFrançois Lyotard. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 65(2), e37830. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.37830

Issue

Section

Articles