WHAT MAKES US RESIST

Authors

  • Plínio W. Prado Jr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v14i2.67867

Keywords:

Art, Ethic, Aesthetics, Resistance

Abstract

The focus of this article is to develop an answer to the question: what makes us resist? We will be invited to think about the successive disappointments with the Revolution of a social, political, cultural and aesthetic nature over two centuries. Despite these disappointments, it was possible to maintain the strength of resistance to continue making art, even in the context of the Hegelian verdict of the death of art. Artistic production persists beyond (beautiful) art, through “formless” art, despite the persecution of totalitarian systems and the threats of the cultural market. Along this route, we meditate on the figure of Antigone – the one who remains faithful to her unconditional desire, which is a desire for the absolute. Following Lacan's footsteps, we reach his ethical formulation, which highlights the presence of the strange thing, which resists and does not give in to its own desire. In this sense, resisting is not giving in, it is not bowing down, but standing up, facing obstacles and antagonistic forces.

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Published

2023-08-31

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2023): Dossiê especial – Estética e Existência: Filosofia e Arte

Section

Dossiê especial – ESTÉTICA E EXISTÊNCIA: FILOSOFIA E ARTE

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