Aesthetic Foundations of Girardian Anthropology
Keywords:
Romanticism, realism, impressionism, mimesis, violence, anthropology, GirardAbstract
In this text, we propose that the basis of René Girard's mimetic theory, which allowed him to construct a "fundamental anthropology", can be found in Aesthetic Realism. We will expose some characteristic notes of the mimetic relation, to then be able to postulate that Girard opposes not only the romantic lie, which avoids accepting mimesis as a structuring element of desire but also the impressionistic falsification that hides the founding violence of societies. For this, we will analyze his theory of mimetic violence in two of his most important books, Romantic lie & romanesque truth [Deceit, Desire and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure] and Violence and the Sacred, and we will expose it facing the concepts of Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism, taken from the history of art and literature. Finally, we will briefly mention the absence of empirical evidence, as a criticism of Girardian fundamental anthropology, to conclude that this does not prevent us from speaking of realism in this theory.
References
Benjamin, W. (2010). “El Mayor monstruo, los celos de Calderón y Herodes y Mariene de Hebel” (J. Navarro, Trad.). En Obras II, I, pp. 250-280. Madrid: Editorial Abada.
De Castro, J. (2010). “Historia cultural latinoamericana y teoría mimética: ¿por una poética de la emulación?”. En Universitas Philosophica. René Girard: Mímesis e Identidades, No. 55, diciembre de 2010, pp. 105-121. Bogotá: Facultad de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
De Castro, J. (2014). “Mimetic Theory and Latin America: Reception and Anticipations”. En Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, Vol.21, pp. 75-120. Michigan, Estados Unidos de Norteamérica: Michigan State University Press. Tomado de: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/contagion.21.2014.0075?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#refeences_tab:contents, consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2019. https://doi.org/10.14321/contagion.21.2014.0075.
Dorling Kindersley (2010). Arte. La guía visual definitiva. 1800-1900. Romanticismo, realismo, los prerrafaelistas, academicismo francés, arte japonés. Singapur: Dorling Kindersley.
Dostoyevski, F. (2020). Crimen y Castigo. Prólogo de Henry Luque Muñoz. Colombia. Panamericana Editorial Ltda.
Dumouchel, P. (2014). The ambivalence of scarcity and other essays. Michigan, Estados Unidos de Norteamérica: East Lansing, Michigan State University Press. Tomado de: https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=nlebk&AN=1040504&lang=es&site=eds-live, consultado el 8 de febrero de 2022.
Girard, R. (1985). Mentira romántica y verdad novelesca (J. Jordá, Trad.). Barcelona. Editorial Anagrama.
Girard, R. (2006). “El crítico del subsuelo”. En Literatura, mímesis y antropología (A. Bixio, trad.). Pp. 51-73. Barcelona: Editorial Gedisa.
Girard, R. (2006a). “Violencia y representación en el texto mítico”. En Literatura, mímesis y antropología (A. Bixio, trad.). Pp. 185-201. Barcelona: Editorial Gedisa.
Girard, R., Antonello, P., De Castro, J. (2010). Evolution and Conversion. Dialogues on the Origins of Culture. New York: Continuum International Publishing. De la traducción: David Attienza y David García-Ramos para Imitatio y la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, en prensa.
Girard, R. (2012). La violencia y lo sagrado (J. Jordá, trad.). Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama.
Richard Golsan. (2002). Rene Girard and Myth: An Introduction. New York: Routledge. Tomado de: https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.javeriana.edu.co/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=nlebk&AN=797560&lang=es&site=eds-live, consultado el 24 de febrero de 2022.
Jiménez, A. (2016). Rene Girard: Cristianismo y Noviolencia. Trabajo de grado presentado para optar al título de Magíster en Filosofía. Bogotá: Facultad de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Kraus, K. (2011). “Heine y las consecuencias”. En «La Antorcha». Selección de artículos de «Die Fackel» (A. Kovacsics, trad.), pp. 195-223. Barcelona: Editorial Acantilado.
Llano, A. (2004). Deseo, violencia, sacrificio. El secreto del mito según René Girard. España: Eunsa, Ediciones Universidad de Navarra S.A.
Moreno, A. (2013). La evaluación de la modernidad en la teoría mimética de René Girard: deseo, violencia, religión y libertad. Tesis para optar al título de Doctor en Filosofía. España: Universidad de Granada. Tomado de: https://digibug.ugr.es/handle/10481/26378, consultado el 28 de febrero de 2022.
Rozzi, M. (2010). “La interpretación filosófica y política de La violencia y lo sagrado de René Girard, y su influencia en la antropología latinoamericana”. En Universitas Philosophica. René Girard: Mímesis e Identidades, No. 55, diciembre de 2010, pp. 17-39. Bogotá: Facultad de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Solarte, R. (2016). Violencia e institución. Aportes para una ética de la responsabilidad social. Bogotá: Editorial Pontifica Universidad Javeriana.
Solarte, R. (2012). Este mundo alejado de dios no ha dejado de ser religioso. Entrevista con Patricia Fachin para la Revista online del Instituto de Humanidades de Unisinos. Revista IHU On-Line – edición 550, de 08-11-2021, Tomada de: https://javeriana.academia.edu/RSolarte, consultada el 15 de julio de 2019. Versión publicada en portugués: https://www.ihuonline.unisinos.br/artigo/7796-estetica-etica-e-politicas-universais-os-desafios-da-promocao-da-cidadania-no-metaverso, consultada el 10 de febrero de 2022.
Vinolo, S. (2010). “Ipseidad y alteridad en la teoría del deseo mimético de René Girard”. En Universitas Philosophica. René Girard: Mímesis e Identidades, No. 55, diciembre de 2010, pp. 67-74. Bogotá: Facultad de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Tatarkiewicz (2010). Historia de seis ideas. Arte, belleza, forma, creatividad, mímesis, experiencia estética (F. Rodríguez, trad.). España: Editorial Tecnos, Alianza Editorial.
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Eidos
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term "Work" shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
The Author shall grant to the Publisher a nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons 3.0 License Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported CC BY-NC 3.0, or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions: (a) Attribution: Other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site;(b) Noncommercial: Other users (including Publisher) may not use this Work for commercial purposes;
4. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
5. Authors are permitted, and Eidos promotes, to post online the preprint manuscript of the Work in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access). Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work is expected be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Eidos's assigned URL to the Article and its final published version in Eidos.
