The Liberation of Sensation from Reason

ISBN-13: 9783844392807 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str.

Li Kelin

Opis

This thesis is an approach to the philosophy of sensation, made from Deleuze's perspectives, especially his critiques of Kant's aesthetics. It asks: can sensation be liberated from the organization of reason and thus be expressed freely? Kant, as a representative of the rationalist tradition, requires that sensation should be subordinated to the determination of reason in order to achieve the eternal truth of the world and of the subject. From Deleuze's point of view, the transcendent truth is an illusion which arises from the immanent life in order to stabilize the flows of difference in life. The truth requires the sacrifice of both the difference in sensation and the freedom of life.

O autorze

Li Kelin earned her Phd from Hong Kong University in 2009. Now she is a lecturer in Renmin University of China, Beijing. She teaches various subjects in aesthetics. Her research interests include theories of literature and art, the philosophy of sensation, and contemporary European philosophy.