L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier les appropriations politiques de l’œuvre de Stéphane Mallarmé. Nous explorerons comment on a pu faire de Mallarmé un objet de réflexion politique, tout en examinant les ressources conceptuelles dont on s’est servi pour donner aux écrits du poète une signification politique, ainsi que les différentes conjonctures, à la fois intellectuelle et politique, dans lesquelles ils ont pu jouer un rôle politique. Nous aborderons d’abord les travaux de Sartre, en étudiant le dialogue qu’il a entretenu avec Mallarmé tout au long de sa carrière. Nous expliquerons comment Mallarmé a pu être pour Sartre à la fois un membre d’un courant littéraire anti-démocratique et nihiliste et un héros existentialiste avant la lettre. Ensuite nous nous tournerons vers les premiers travaux de Julia Kristeva. En étudiant de près sa lecture de Mallarmé, nous montrerons pourquoi Mallarmé devait être pour les telqueliens à la fois un objet de réflexion privilégié et de critique. Dans notre troisième chapitre, nous examinerons la lecture de Mallarmé proposée par Alain Badiou en nous focalisant sur son premier livre, Théorie du sujet. Nous tâcherons aussi à cerner la signification de Mallarmé pour Badiou après la publication de son chef-d’œuvre, L’Etre et l’événement. Dans notre quatrième chapitre, nous nous tournerons vers les écrits de Jacques Rancière et proposerons une exégèse critique de sa lecture du poète. Nous clarifierons la signification politique que Rancière accorde à Mallarmé. Nous terminerons en examinant brièvement l’intervention récente dans cette histoire interprétative de Quentin Meillassoux. / The aim of this thesis is to study the political appropriations of the work of Stéphane Mallarmé. We will explore how Mallarmé has been made an object of political reflection, as well as examining the conceptual resources used to give his writings a political significance, and the different conjunctures, at once political and intellectual, in which his writings have played a political role. We begin with the works of Sartre and study his dialogue with the poet, which lasted the entirety of his career. We will explain how Mallarmé could be, for Sartre, at once a member of an anti-democratic and nihilistic literary tendency and a proto-existentialist hero. Then we will turn to the early work of Julia Kristeva. By closely studying this reading, we will show why Mallarmé had to be for the Telquellians at once an object of privileged reflection and an object of critique. In our third chapter, we examine the reading of Mallarmé proposed by Alain Badiou, focusing on his first book, Théorie du Sujet. We will also attempt to determine the political signfication of Mallarmé for Badiou after the publication of his masterwork, L'Etre et l'événement. In our fourth chapter, we turn to the writings of Jacques Rancière and offer a critical exegesis of his reading of the poet. We will clarify the political signification that Rancière gives to Mallarmé. We will end by briefly examining the recent intervention into this interprétative history by Quentin Meillassoux.

L’historien de la philosophie Frédéric Worms distingue plusieurs « moments » dans la philosophie en France au XXe siècle. Le « moment de l’existence » en fait partie. Nous l’approfondissons en retraçant le débat philosophique entre Jacques Maritain et Jean-Paul Sartre au sujet de la nature humaine. Les deux philosophes sont les représentants majeurs de l’humanisme intégral et de l’existentialisme athée. Nos recherches élargissent ce débat en fournissant le contexte philosophique plus large avec la prise en compte du règne de la technique, de l’essor de la phénoménologie et de la menace totalitaire. Au fond du « moment de l’existence » nous retrouvons une interrogation existentielle sur la nature humaine face à sa relativisation technique, philosophique et politique. Nous plaçons la philosophie de Jacques Maritain au centre de nos recherches. Pour nous, on ne saurait pas approfondir le « moment de l’existence » sans l’examen de la contribution philosophique majeure de ce penseur chrétien. Ainsi, nos recherches remplissent un vide dans l’histoire de la philosophie du XXe siècle. / The French historian of philosophy Frédéric Worms distinguishes several “moments” in the French philosophy of the 20th century. The “moment de l’existence” is one of them. We try to give a deeper account of this moment through the representation of the philosophical debate between Jacques Maritain and Jean-Paul Sartre about human nature. The two philosophers are the major exponents of integral humanism and atheistic existentialism. Our research widens the debate introducing further elements of the philosophical context like the appreciation of the reign of the technology, the ascent of phenomenology and the totalitarian threat. At the deepest of the “moment de l’existence” we find an existential quest for human nature in spite of its technological, philosophical and political relativisation. We place the philosophy of Jacques Maritain in the centre of our research. In our opinion it seems quite impossible to gain a deeper understanding of the “moment de l’existence” without a look at the major philosophical contribution of this Christian thinker. Thus, our research fills a gap in the history of 20th century philosophy.

This is a conceptual historical study on the dialectic meaning of the concept of freedom. The purpose of this study is to examine John Stuart Mill’s and Jean-Paul Sartre’s usage of the concept of freedom, and to examine its dialectical meaning. This is done by examining concepts such as the nature of man, moral philosophy, political thinking and the meaning and usage of the concept of freedom itself. Using the method of conceptual history and the theoretical framework of Hegelian dialectics, I have studied Mill’sOn Liberty and Sartre’s Existentialism is a Humanism. In my research, I have found that the two thinkers share some similarities in what they mean by freedom, but I have also found that there are striking differences. These differences are most notable in how Mill discusses freedom primarily in political and societal terms, whereas Sartre discusses freedom as being the natural human condition and in what ways it is linked to action and morals. I also note how Mill’s thinking is centered around man as an individual, whereas Sartre’s thinking is centered around man as a subject. Finally, I discuss the importance of liberal hegemony in the expected meaning of the term freedom. / Detta är en studie av dialektiken inom frihetsbegreppet. Syftet med denna undersökning är att med begreppshistorisk ansats undersöka John Stuart Mills och Jean-Paul Sartres användande av begreppet frihet, och att undersöka hur begreppets dialektiska innebörd yttrar sig genom en komparativ de bägge tänkarna. Detta görs genom att undersöka respektive tänkares syn på människans natur såväl som deras moralfilosofi, politiska tänkande samt deras användning av frihetsbegreppet som sådant. Med en begreppshistoriskt präglad metod och ett hegelianskt dialektiskt teoretiskt ramverk har jag studerat Mills Om friheten och Sartres Existentialismen är en humanism. I min undersökning har jag funnit att de två tänkarna har vissa likheter i vad de menar med frihet, men jag har även funnit slående skillnader. Dessa skillnader framträder som tydligast i hur Mill diskuterar frihet främst i politiska och samhällsenliga termer, medan Sartre betraktar frihet som människans naturtillstånd och diskuterar frihet som kopplat till handling och moral. Jag noterar även att Mills tänkande kretsar kring människan som individ, medan Sartres tänkande kretsar kring människan som subjekt. Slutligen diskuterar jag betydelsen av liberal hegemoni i utformandet av frihetsbegreppets erfarenhetsrum.

Ce travail de recherche vise une compréhension de la pensée morale de Sartre en se confrontant à ses textes ainsi qu'aux questions qui lui sont propres. Nous tenterons une présentation de cette pensée morale dans son devenir propre en effectuant une psychanalyse existentielle. Plus précisément, il s'agira de questionner cette morale sur son fondement même afin de déterminer si cette dernière est un «humanisme» au sens où elle est en mesure de justifier concrètement l'action bonne. Donner une valeur à l'action, c'est rendre la morale possible. Partant, nous aurons à déterminer si Sartre rend la morale possible en nous demandant si sa morale parvient à justifier l'action bonne, bref, si sa morale vise le bien de l'homme.

O presente estudo propõe-se ao levantamento das relações intertextuais tantas vezes apontadas, porém quase nunca aprofundadas por nossa crítica literária entre o filósofo existencialista Jean-Paul Sartre e o romancista brasileiro Carlos Heitor Cony. Em seu conjunto, o trabalho baseia-se em dois planos: no primeiro, são criteriosamente assinaladas as semelhanças temáticas e, eventualmente, formais da prosa ficcional de ambos, tendo por objetos de estudo os seus respectivos romances de estreia: A náusea e O ventre; no segundo, o mais relevante para meus atuais propósitos, acentua-se a investigação das diferenças, sobretudo estilísticas, da literatura conyana em relação à do pensador francês. Portanto, em sentido mais amplo, o trabalho trata-se de uma ampla reflexão acerca do processo de apropriação antropofágica na linha oswaldiana de alguns dos típicos temas existencialistas de Sartre e de sua adaptação por meio de um estilo que denota traços individuais cujas características são a ironia cortante, o humor sarcástico e algum lirismo por parte de Cony, do que decorre um inusitado acariocamento do Existencialismo sartriano. Dentro dos limites formais deste tipo de estudo, são ainda referidos diversos outros textos filosóficos e literários destes intelectuais em uma tentativa de corte transversal o mais elucidativo possível de suas obras. / The present study intends to inquire the intertextual relations – often pointed, though almost never deepened by our literary criticism – among the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and the Brazilian novelist Carlos Heitor Cony. In its whole, the study is based upon two levels: in the first one, the thematic and occasionally formal similitudes in the fictional prose of both authors are criterioulsy shown, taking as objects their respective first novels: The Nausea and The Womb. In the second level, which is the most relevant among my purposes at this moment, there is an emphasis on the differences, mainly stylistic, of Cony’s literature in relation to the one by the French philosopher. Therefore, in a larger sense, this study is about a broad reflection regarding the anthropophagical appropriation in the oswaldian line of some of the typical sartrean existentialistic themes, and its adaptation through a style that denotes individual traces whose characteristics are acid irony, sarcastic sense of humor and some lyricism by Cony – from which flows an unexpected tropical and loose philosophical vision (in the carioca style) of the sartrean existentialism. Within the formal limits of this kind of research, many other philosophical and literary texts from these scholars are also referred to, planned as a transversal cut which intends to be able of elucidating as much as possible from their work.

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O presente estudo propõe-se ao levantamento das relações intertextuais tantas vezes apontadas, porém quase nunca aprofundadas por nossa crítica literária entre o filósofo existencialista Jean-Paul Sartre e o romancista brasileiro Carlos Heitor Cony. Em seu conjunto, o trabalho baseia-se em dois planos: no primeiro, são criteriosamente assinaladas as semelhanças temáticas e, eventualmente, formais da prosa ficcional de ambos, tendo por objetos de estudo os seus respectivos romances de estreia: A náusea e O ventre; no segundo, o mais relevante para meus atuais propósitos, acentua-se a investigação das diferenças, sobretudo estilísticas, da literatura conyana em relação à do pensador francês. Portanto, em sentido mais amplo, o trabalho trata-se de uma ampla reflexão acerca do processo de apropriação antropofágica na linha oswaldiana de alguns dos típicos temas existencialistas de Sartre e de sua adaptação por meio de um estilo que denota traços individuais cujas características são a ironia cortante, o humor sarcástico e algum lirismo por parte de Cony, do que decorre um inusitado acariocamento do Existencialismo sartriano. Dentro dos limites formais deste tipo de estudo, são ainda referidos diversos outros textos filosóficos e literários destes intelectuais em uma tentativa de corte transversal o mais elucidativo possível de suas obras. / The present study intends to inquire the intertextual relations – often pointed, though almost never deepened by our literary criticism – among the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and the Brazilian novelist Carlos Heitor Cony. In its whole, the study is based upon two levels: in the first one, the thematic and occasionally formal similitudes in the fictional prose of both authors are criterioulsy shown, taking as objects their respective first novels: The Nausea and The Womb. In the second level, which is the most relevant among my purposes at this moment, there is an emphasis on the differences, mainly stylistic, of Cony’s literature in relation to the one by the French philosopher. Therefore, in a larger sense, this study is about a broad reflection regarding the anthropophagical appropriation in the oswaldian line of some of the typical sartrean existentialistic themes, and its adaptation through a style that denotes individual traces whose characteristics are acid irony, sarcastic sense of humor and some lyricism by Cony – from which flows an unexpected tropical and loose philosophical vision (in the carioca style) of the sartrean existentialism. Within the formal limits of this kind of research, many other philosophical and literary texts from these scholars are also referred to, planned as a transversal cut which intends to be able of elucidating as much as possible from their work.

O presente estudo propõe-se ao levantamento das relações intertextuais tantas vezes apontadas, porém quase nunca aprofundadas por nossa crítica literária entre o filósofo existencialista Jean-Paul Sartre e o romancista brasileiro Carlos Heitor Cony. Em seu conjunto, o trabalho baseia-se em dois planos: no primeiro, são criteriosamente assinaladas as semelhanças temáticas e, eventualmente, formais da prosa ficcional de ambos, tendo por objetos de estudo os seus respectivos romances de estreia: A náusea e O ventre; no segundo, o mais relevante para meus atuais propósitos, acentua-se a investigação das diferenças, sobretudo estilísticas, da literatura conyana em relação à do pensador francês. Portanto, em sentido mais amplo, o trabalho trata-se de uma ampla reflexão acerca do processo de apropriação antropofágica na linha oswaldiana de alguns dos típicos temas existencialistas de Sartre e de sua adaptação por meio de um estilo que denota traços individuais cujas características são a ironia cortante, o humor sarcástico e algum lirismo por parte de Cony, do que decorre um inusitado acariocamento do Existencialismo sartriano. Dentro dos limites formais deste tipo de estudo, são ainda referidos diversos outros textos filosóficos e literários destes intelectuais em uma tentativa de corte transversal o mais elucidativo possível de suas obras. / The present study intends to inquire the intertextual relations – often pointed, though almost never deepened by our literary criticism – among the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and the Brazilian novelist Carlos Heitor Cony. In its whole, the study is based upon two levels: in the first one, the thematic and occasionally formal similitudes in the fictional prose of both authors are criterioulsy shown, taking as objects their respective first novels: The Nausea and The Womb. In the second level, which is the most relevant among my purposes at this moment, there is an emphasis on the differences, mainly stylistic, of Cony’s literature in relation to the one by the French philosopher. Therefore, in a larger sense, this study is about a broad reflection regarding the anthropophagical appropriation in the oswaldian line of some of the typical sartrean existentialistic themes, and its adaptation through a style that denotes individual traces whose characteristics are acid irony, sarcastic sense of humor and some lyricism by Cony – from which flows an unexpected tropical and loose philosophical vision (in the carioca style) of the sartrean existentialism. Within the formal limits of this kind of research, many other philosophical and literary texts from these scholars are also referred to, planned as a transversal cut which intends to be able of elucidating as much as possible from their work.

Análise das revistas de cultura Critique e Les Temps Modernes por meio das resenhas sobre Henry Miller e Charles Baudelaire. A dissertação comenta o surgimento das publicações e suas influências (a poética de Georges Bataille e a filosofia de Jean-Paul Sartre). Apresenta o campo intelectual das revistas e editoras no pós-guerra francês (1945-46). Sugere uma reflexão e um vocabulário para definir este novo crítico, um leitor especializado que, pelo ato da escrita, desenvolve a crítica. Também comenta a resenha como gênero, e as referências estruturalistas e sartrianas em ambas publicações. / Analysis of French culture magazines Critique and Les Temps Modernes, through the reviews on the authors Henry Miller and Charles Baudelaire. The text comments the appearance of the publications and its influences (Georges Batailles`s poetics and Jean-Paul Sartre`s philosophy). It presents the intellectual field of the magazines and publishing houses in the French post-war period (1945-46). It suggests a thought and a vocabulary in order to define the new critic character, a specialized reader that writes and produces critic. Finally, comments the genre review and Structuralism and Sartrian references on both magazines.

Entre la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et le début des années 1960, les représentants les plus importants du courant phénoménologique en France, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty et Trân Duc Thào, estiment non seulement qu'il est nécessaire de se confronter au marxisme, mais également que l'articulation entre phénoménologie et marxisme constitue l'un des enjeux essentiels de la philosophie dans le monde contemporain. L'objet de notre recherche est de comprendre la spécificité du travail philosophique que chacun de ces auteurs opère sur ces deux courants en apparence si opposés afin de rendre possible leur synthèse. Ce travail montre notamment comment le projet initial de 1944 est progressivement mis en question et reconfiguré au contact des évolutions historiques et politiques, des débats philosophiques et du développement des sciences humaines. Nous entendons ainsi restituer les enjeux et inventions conceptuelles de ce qui restera l'un des moments les plus féconds et originaux de la philosophie française contemporaine. / Between the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the 1960s, the chief representatives of the phenomenological school in France, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Tran Duc Thao, not only considered that they had to confront Marxism in their works : they deemed the endeavour to combine Marxism with phenomenology one of the major tasks of philosophy in the modern world. The object of our research is to understand the specificity of the philosophical work each performed on these two apparently incompatible schools of thought, in order to make their synthesis possible. Our work traces the way in which the initial project of 1944 was progressively questioned and reworked in the wake of political and historical change, philosophical debates and the development of human sciences. Thus we hope to bring to light the underlying stakes and conceptual innovations of what remains one of the most fertile and original moments in contemporary French philosophy.