 |
Revue française d'études américaines 2002- 1 (no91)| ISSN | ISSN numérique : en cours | ISBN : | page 97 à 109 Distribution électronique Cairn pour les éditions Belin. © Belin. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. Il est interdit, sauf accord préalable et écrit de l’éditeur, de reproduire (notamment par photocopie) partiellement ou totalement le présent article, de le stocker dans une banque de données ou de le communiquer au public sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit. |
La reprise sceptique du cogito cartésien et la self-reliance chez
Emerson
Elise Domenach
ABSTRACT —
The aim of this paper is to show how Stanley Cavell’s reading of
Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” reinvents the concept of the self as associated to
skepticism. In this essay, the structure of “self-reliance” emphasizes a
skeptical alternation between authorship and passivity, saying and quoting,
subjection to conformity and genius, that denies the Cartesian “cogito”, and
allows a new understanding of our relation to our self as one of acknowledging,
instead of knowing.
The aim of this paper is to show how Stanley Cavell’s reading of
Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” reinvents the concept of the self as associated to
skepticism. In this essay, the structure of “self-reliance” emphasizes a
skeptical alternation between authorship and passivity, saying and quoting,
subjection to conformity and genius, that denies the Cartesian “cogito”, and
allows a new understanding of our relation to our self as one of acknowledging,
instead of knowing.
Keywords : , Emerson, Cavell, Descartes, Authorship, Skepticism.