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The Necessity of the Contingence and the Possibility of New Literature : Focused on the Theory of Speculative Realism of Quentin Meillassoux

  • The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
  • Abbr : JASA
  • 2019, 57(), pp.33-69
  • DOI : 10.17527/JASA.57.0.02
  • Publisher : 한국미학예술학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Other Arts and Kinesiology
  • Received : April 15, 2019
  • Accepted : May 11, 2019
  • Published : June 30, 2019

Chung Chee Eun 1

1홍익대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Quentin Meillassoux's speculative realism which represents a new philosophical movement and to explore the applicability of his theory in literature. Speculative realism exposes the long-standing tendency of philosophy in which humans are central. From Kant's critical philosophy to phenomenology, philosophy speaks of the impossibility of being outside of reason and language. Meillassoux argues that this tendency in philosophy has made it impossible to discuss the absolute. But beyond dogmatic metaphysics and skepticism, the absolute thing he has reached is the necessity of the contingency of being. This new Absolute requires new ways of thinking and signs. Only the speculation can approach the real that is irrelevant to human, and only signs that have removed meaning and history can determine the real. This spectulative approach and sign can be applied to Mallarmé's poetry. The poems of Mallarmé include coded numbers beyond all semantic interpretations. That ‘unique number’ of Mallarmé can only be reached only by decoding the code.

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