Singularity as aesthetic happening

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i2.67686

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reflexive judgment, aesthetic happening, singular and universal, Kant’s political thought

Abstract

We usually don’t acknowledge social mediation when speaking about subjective experiences in day-to-day life, which relies instead on a unitary and essentialist notion of identity. I initially explore this statement by examining how Kant changes his view on singular-universal relation from the first to the third Critique. A closer look at the reflexive judgment and how it states singularity as a non-conceptualised event follows from that. I then argue in favour of an affinity between an aesthetic notion of singularity, such as found in the third Critique, and the political mobilisation of subjective experiences.

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Pedro Pennycook, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutorando em Filosofia na University of Kentucky, com bolsa CAPES-Fulbright de doutorado pleno.
Mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

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Published

2024-10-03

How to Cite

Pennycook, P. (2024). Singularity as aesthetic happening. Aufklärung, 11(2), p.151–164. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i2.67686

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